Xiaomeng Zhang Baritone

Biography

Originally from Wenzhou, Xiaomeng Zhang graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He continued his training through the Merola Program at San Francisco Opera and at The Juilliard School (Artist Diploma Course). During his studies at Juilliard, he performed the roles of Don Giovanni, the Armchair and the Tree (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges), Kuligin (Kátia Kabanová), Minksman (Flight), Giove (La Calisto), and Presto (Les Mamelles de Tirésias).

Subsequently, he performed as Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival, Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore) for ARE Opera, Schaunard (La Bohème) at the Chautauqua Music Festival, and Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) for Opera Columbus and the Macau International Music Festival.

In concert, he has appeared as a soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Queens College Choral Society, performed the Yellow River Cantata with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and sung Mozart’s Requiem and Dvořák’s Te Deum with the New York City Master Chorale. More recently, he performed the title role in Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion with the Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra.

After two seasons as a member of the Zurich Opera Studio—where he notably performed Silvio (Pagliacci), Marullo (Rigoletto), and Ping (Turandot)—he recently made his debut there as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Donner (Das Rheingold). He also performed Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus) at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

He was a finalist in the Stanisław Moniuszko and Juan Pons International Singing Competitions in 2022. He is currently an artist-in-residence at the School of Music at the University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen campus.

At the Paris Opera: Nixon in China (Chou En-Lai), 2023

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