How to write a contraction of Mei Lanfang singing the role of Dan on the stage

Meilanfang sang the role of Dan. The abbreviated sentence is generally removed from the sentence of the gerund, complement and other modifiers, leaving only the main stem of the sentence, remove the "on the stage", the rest is "Mei Lanfang sang Danjiao". Mei Lanfang is a famous Chinese Peking Opera artist in the 20th century, who has made great contributions to the inheritance and development of the art of opera.