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A native of Hong Kong, soprano Jessica Ng first studied English Literature and Classics at the University of Edinburgh, then voice at the Mannes College of Music alongside her pursuit of a degree in Fine Arts. Since her debut as the Konigin der Nacht (Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte) in Weimar, Jessica has reprised the role of Konigin der Nacht in Naples, Johannesburg, and Hong Kong. She was also invited to sing Lucia (Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor) and Rosalinde (Strauss’ Die Fledermaus) in concert in Ho Chi Minh – she reprised this role recently with the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra.

 

Jessica performs regularly with MusicaViva; roles include Vitellia in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito (upcoming, 2024), Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (2022), the Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (2019), Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (2017), Frasquita in Carmen (2016), the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Zauberflöte (2019), and Clotilde in Bellini’s Norma (2021).  She also created the role of First Geisha in the world premiere of Elena Langer's Beauty and Sadness--a chamber opera directed by Carolyn Choa—in which she also covered the leading role of Otoko. 

Over the years, Jessica has written and directed the critically acclaimed puppet play/opera Tallard and the Ladderbird, which was performed to music by Pieter Bezuidenhout and produced in Pretoria, South Africa by artist Nina Torr. She also wrote and directed In/Between, a semi-staged song cycle for soprano and harp, which was featured in both the Aardklop Festival in South Africa and the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong. Jessica co-directed the highly regarded production of Humperdinck’s opera Hansel und Gretel at the HKU Black Box Theatre in 2017, in which she also sang the role of Hansel.

 

Recent performances include the soprano solo in Brahms’ Eine Deutsches Requiem with the Hong Kong Bach Choir, and the role of Princess Esterhazy with the City Chamber Orchestra, with whom she will soon be performing in their highly-anticipated Shark’s Symphony. She is the founder of Opera Box, a boutique opera company specialising in cross-collaborative, multi-disciplinary productions.

女高音歌手吳羿䝼出生於香港,首先在愛丁堡大學學習英國文學和古典學,然後在曼尼斯音樂學院聲樂,同時攻讀美術學位。自從在魏瑪首次扮演夜后(莫札特的魔笛)以來,吳氏在那不勒斯、約翰尼斯堡和香港再次扮演了「夜之王」的角色。她還受邀在胡志明市的音樂會上演唱《露西亞》(多尼采蒂的《拉美莫爾的露西亞》)和《羅莎琳德》(施特勞斯的《蝙蝠》)——她最近與大都會青年管弦樂團再次扮演了這個角色。

吳氏定期與 非凡美樂合作演出;角色包括莫札特的《唐·璜》(2022) 中的唐娜·埃爾維拉、莫札特的《費加羅的婚禮》(2019) 中的伯爵夫人、多尼采蒂的《愛情甘露》(2017) 中的阿迪娜、《卡門》(2016) 中的弗拉斯奎塔、《卡門》(2016) 中的夜后。莫札特的《魔笛》(2019) 和貝里尼的《諾瑪》(2021)中的克洛蒂爾德。她還在卡洛琳·蔡執導的室內歌劇埃琳娜·蘭格的《美麗與悲傷》的世界首演中創造了第一藝伎的角色,並在其中扮演男主角男主角。

多年來,吳氏創作並導演了廣受好評的木偶劇/歌劇《塔拉德與梯鳥》,該劇由彼得·貝澤伊登豪特(Pieter Bezuidenhout) 配樂,並由藝術家尼娜·托爾(Nina Torr) 在南非比勒陀利亞製作。她也創作並導演了《In/Between》,這是一部半舞台化的女高音和豎琴歌曲套曲,曾在南非 Aardklop 音樂節和香港世界豎琴大會上亮相。吳氏於2017年在香港大學黑盒子劇院聯合導演了洪珀丁克的歌劇《糖果屋》,備受好評,並在劇中飾演漢塞爾一角。最近的演出包括與香港巴赫合唱團合作演出布拉姆斯《德意志安魂曲》中的女高音獨唱,以及與城市室內樂團合作飾演埃斯特哈齊公主,今年四月她將再次與城市室內樂團合作演出備受期待的《鯊魚交響曲》。她是 Opera Box 的創辦人。

Jessica Ng Soprano

Image credit: Yankov Productions

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