Mezzo soprano, Christy Li, was a member of the Jockey Club Opera Hong Kong Young Artist Development and Education Programme in 2019-2022. Her singing was highly commended by American conductor Prof. Kamal Khan as 'beautiful elegant singing... lined up top to bottom. Impressive!'. Li obtained her MA Music degree in Vocal Performance with distinction at the University of York, and MA Music degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, studying with Siu-kwan Chan and Yvonne Seymour accordingly. She studied singing under the tutelage of Alex Tam during the final year of the Jockey Club Opera Hong Kong Young Artist Development and Education Programme. Li was the First Place winner of the Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition in 2018, the First Prize winner of Golden Classical Music Awards (New York) International Music Competition 2017. Being selected as the Most Outstanding Singer in the 2nd International Opera Exchange Masterclass in 2016, Li received a scholarship for a training programme in Italy. Li further received a scholarship for voice training and opera performance from Chicago Summer Opera 2019.
Li has been taught by various vocal masters including Warren Mok, Ms Ella Kiang, Kamal Khan, Maurizio Scardovi, Franco Silvestri, Paul Gay, Attilio Tomasello, Richard Barker, Chiara Angella, Silvio Zanon, Alexandra Lobianco, Adrian Thompson, to name but a few. As a singer, Li has performed in operas, oratorios, musicals and vocal recitals in Hong Kong, Italy, the US, the UK, Australia and mainland China. Her major roles in operas include the title role of Carmen, Dorabella in Cos fan tutte, Cherubino and Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Nicklaus and La Muse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Madame de la Haltiere in Cendrillon, Sorceress and Spirit in Dido and Aeneas, Third Lady in Magic Flute, to name a few. Li also performed as the alto soloist in Palmeri Martin's Tango Gloria Asia premiere, Vivaldi's Gloria, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Haydn’s Nelson Mass, and Bach’s St John Passion. She was invited twice by Nanshan Grand Theatre, Shenzhen, to give vocal recitals, which was highly commended by local press. 女中音李詩蓓為2019-2022年度賽馬會香港歌劇院青年演唱家發展及教育計畫的成員,其演唱被美國音樂大師Kamal Khan 譽為「美麗優雅的歌聲......貫穿上下,令人讚嘆!」。李氏以優等成績於英國約克大學取得音樂文學碩士(聲樂演奏)及香港中文大學音樂文學碩士學位,師隨陳少君、譚天樂及 Yvonne Seymour學習聲樂。曾於多項本地及國際比賽獲獎,包括 2018年澳洲協奏曲及聲樂比賽第一名、2017年紐約金色古典音樂大獎國際音樂比賽一等獎,及於2016年第二屆香港國際歌劇大師班獲選為最優秀歌者,獲獎學金到意大利進修。其後再獲獎學金於 2019年到芝加哥參加歌劇訓練和演出。李氏曾接受多位著名聲樂大師及指揮指導,當中包括莫華倫、江樺女士、Kamal Khan、Maurizio Scardovi、Franco Silvestri、Paul Gay、 Attilio Tomasello、Richard Barker、Chiara Angella、Silvio Zanon、Alexandra Lobianco、Adrian Thompson和 Richard Jackson等。李氏曾在多國公開演唱歌劇、神劇、音樂劇、中外藝術歌曲等,演出地點包括香港、意大利、美國、英國、澳洲和中國大陸。曾飾演歌劇《卡門》中的卡門、《女人皆如此》中的朵拉貝拉、《費加洛的婚禮》中的凱魯比諾及瑪切琳娜、《霍夫曼的故事》中的尼克勞斯及藝術女神、《灰姑娘》中的後母、《狄朵與埃涅阿斯》中的女巫及精靈、《魔笛》中的侍女等。又曾於Palmeri Martin 的《探戈榮耀頌》亞洲首演、韋華第《榮耀頌》、貝多芬《第九交響樂》、海頓《彌撒曲》和巴哈《受難曲》中擔任女低音獨唱。近年兩度獲邀到深圳南山大劇院舉行《周末藝相逢》個人獨唱會,獲當地報章高度評價。 |
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