Xiaomeng Zhang Baritone

Biography

Originally from Wenzhou, Xiaomeng Zhang is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He continued his training in the Merola Program at San Francisco Opera and at the Juilliard School (Artist Diploma Course). While at Juilliard, he appeared in the roles of Don Giovanni, the Armchair and the Tree (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges), Kuligin (Káťa Kabanová), Minksman (Flight), Giove (La Calisto), and Presto (Les Mamelles de Tirésias).

He later performed as the Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival, Belcore (L’Elisir d’amore) with ARE Opera, Schaunard (La Bohème) at the Chautauqua Music Festival, and Figaro (The Barber of Seville) with Opera Columbus.

In concert, he has appeared as soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Queens College Choral Society, performed the Yellow River Cantata with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem and Dvořák’s Te Deum with the New York City Master Chorale, and sang the title role in Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion. After two seasons with the Zurich Opera Studio—where he notably performed Silvio (Pagliacci) and Marullo (Rigoletto)—he returned to Zurich Opera to sing Ping (Turandot), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), and Donner (Das Rheingold).

He subsequently sang Ping at the Royal Opera House in London, and Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus) and Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) 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. This season, he appears as Chou En-lai (Nixon in China) at the Paris Opera.

At the Opéra national de Paris: Nixon in China (Chou En-lai), 2023

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