施鸿鄂（1934—2008），我国著名的抒情戏剧性男高音歌唱家，十六岁考入上海音乐学院声乐系，毕业后于1956年赴保加利亚深造，就读于索非亚国立音乐学院，并以优异的成绩毕业于该校声乐系歌剧专业．1962年他在芬兰赫尔辛基举行的第八届世界青年联欢节古典声乐比赛中以最高分获得金奖，为祖国争得了极大的荣誉。由于他在国际乐坛上享有极高的声誉，多次被邀请到日本、德国、奥地利、美国和马来西亚等国家演出，举办独唱音乐会和声乐讲座。报界赞美他"有着黄金般的歌喉"是"中国歌坛上灿烂的明星"。特别一提的是1995年，六十一岁的施鸿鄂在美国路易斯安那州的首府巴腾若芝市举行一场极为成功的音乐会被授予该市荣誉市长的殊荣。施鸿鄂在几十年的演唱生涯中演绎了中外许多经典曲目。中国歌曲代表作品有：《松花江上》、《满江红》、《毛主席的光辉把炉台照亮》、《生命的星》、《河流》、《无题》（根据鲁迅同名诗谱曲）、《满载友谊去远航》和《我为伟大祖国站岗》等。施鸿鄂还塑造了一系列舞台形象，其中包括《雷锋之歌》中的雷锋、《沙家浜》中的郭建光、《多布杰》中的多布杰，《楚霸王》中的霸王，并主演过意大利歌剧《茶花女》、《图兰朵》《蝴蝶夫人》和《波西米亚人》等。
Shi Honge (1934 - 2008), the famous lyric dramatic tenor, sixteen admitted to the vocal Department of Shanghai Conservatory Of Music, after graduation in 1956 went to Bulgaria for further study, studying at the Sofia National Conservatory of music, and graduated with honors from the University Department of opera vocal music professional.1962 years he was in Finland Helsinki at the eighth session of the World Youth Festival of Classical Vocal Competition to get the highest score award, a great honor for the motherland. Because he enjoyed a high reputation in the international music scene, was invited to Japan, Germany, Austria, and Malaysia and other countries American performances, concerts and vocal solo lecture. The praise he "had a golden voice" is "Chinese music bright star". In particular, in 1995, sixty-one year old Shi Honge in the capital of Louisiana, American Ba Teng Ruozhi city held a very successful concert was awarded the honorary mayor of the city award. Shi Honge's interpretation of the many Chinese and foreign classical repertoire in decades of career. China songs representative works are: "Songhua River", "Azolla", "glory of Chairman Mao", "light the stove life star", "River", "Untitled" (music based on Lu Xun 'poetry), "full of friendship to voyage" and "I stand guard for our great motherland" etc.. Shi Honge also created a series of stage images, including the "song of Lei Feng" in the Lei Feng, "Sha Jia Bang" of Guo Jianguang, "He Jie" in "Chu" He Jie, the overlord, and starred in the Italy opera "La Traviata", "Turandot" "Madame Butterfly" and "Bohemia people" etc..
