My first role in a full production is done! Thank you Opera Hong Kong for giving me the opportunity to perform in Don Giovanni! Learning to sing and act Zerlina turned out to be one of the most difficult and satisfying experience I’ve ever had. I am very grateful to every teacher and coach who has inspired me along the way, and to OHK, I wouldn’t be where I am today without their generous vocal scholarship and the Young Artist Programme’s training. It was an honour to share the stage with the marvellous cast and crew. What you all saw on stage was only a tip of the iceberg of a huge collaborative effort of many, many people. <3
Thanks to my friends and family, and my colleagues at Universal Classics Hong Kong who were superbly understanding and supportive in the last few months, giving me time and space to totally submerge in the worlds of lieder and opera. Thanks to all the OHK Chorus ladies who'd always encouraged me and sent me on to stage with a burst of energy for our first entrance “Giovinette”. Thanks to all of my colleagues who were patient, kind and generous in sharing their experience, and guided my footsteps (many times, literally) in the unfamiliar realm of opera. It was the most wonderful feeling when fear and anxiety suddenly became excitement, and when recitatives began to turn from text to meaning. I know it’s cliche but I have to keep reminding myself: Trust that life is giving you exactly what you need practice in, and also the harder you work, the luckier you get. :)
