Yuki Ip

Soprano Yuki Ip’s major performances include being the featured soloist with José Carreras for the inaugural season of the National Centre of the Performing Arts, Beijing, China; her European debut at the Basilica di San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, singing Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in a special concert commemorating the landmark meeting between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church; Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas brasileiras no. 5 in Verona and Cremona, Italy; Bach’s Mass in B minor and Haydn’s The Creation under the baton of Helmuth Rilling; guest solo appearance at the Shanghai Expo with Shanghai Opera House Orchestra.

Ip performed the role Queen of Hearts in the world premiere of Pierangelo Valtinoni’s Alice in Wonderland in the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Her operatic roles include Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen; Nedda in Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci; and Mimì and Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème.

Ip obtained a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a Master of Music from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, USA. Currently she is adjunct faculty at the HKAPA, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University.