Yuki Po-ching Ip (Soprano)
An emerging artist in both concert and operatic scenes, Hong Kong soprano Ip Po-Ching's major credits include performances with José Carreras for the inaugural season of Beijing's National Centre of the Performing Arts (January 2008), her European debut at the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, singing Pergolesi's Stabat Mater (October 2007), Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette with Opera Hong Kong and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Paolo Olmi (June 2007), her debut in New York City as soprano soloist in An-Lun Huang's Revelation (September 2006), concert performance as Rose Maurrant in Kurt Weill's Street Scene with Singapore Lyric Opera (July 2005), and debut with Macau Orchestra in the 6 th Macau Handover Anniversary Concert (2005). Other significant engagements include her 2004 role debut as Gretel in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel with the Singapore Lyric Opera, the role of Annina in Verdi's La traviata with Opera Hong Kong in December 2004, her appearance as soprano soloist in An-Lun Huang's Revelation with Hannaford Street Silver Band in Toronto (November 2004), Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Trancredi e Clorinda and Bach's Kaffee Cantata in the Hong Kong Arts Festival (2002), and her debut with the Singapore Lyric Opera and Singapore Symphony Orchestra performing Mercédès in Bizet's Carmen (2002).
On the concert stage her recent standout performances include Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate with Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra; John Adam's Grand Pianola Music with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; soprano solo in Haydn's Little Organ Mass with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Hong Kong Voices; soprano solo in Mendelssohn's Elijah and John Rutter's Requiem . Her oratorio repertoire includes Bach's Cantata BWV 80 & 140, Schubert's Mass in Eb, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, Saint-Saen's Christmas Oratorio, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem, Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle, Mozart's Requiem, Mass in C Minor and Missa Brevis, Handel's Messiah and L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Verdi's Requiem, Vivaldi's Gloria and Beethoven's Choral Fantasy.
Ip entered the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with full scholarship in 1994. Under the tutelage of Derek Anthony and Michael Rippon, she graduated with Bachelor of Music (Honors) Degree in 1999. In the same year, Ip was awarded scholarship from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund to study for her Master of Music degree at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. While completing her studies, Ip performed performed Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Queen Isabella in Martín Y Soler's Una Cosa Rara, Suzel in Mascagni's L'amico Fritz, Laetita in Menotti's Old Maid and The Thief, Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Giulietta in Bellini's Il Capuleti e i Montecchi, Miss Jessel in Britten's The Turn of the Screw, and Marenka in Smetana's The Bartered Bride.
