Australian Soprano
Xiaoping Yu is a Soprano educated in the
Central Conservatory of Music, the most
prestigious music school of China. Her
teacher Jiang Ying, China’s legendary opera
singer and wife of scientist Qian Xuesen,
described Xiaoping’s voice as one
reminiscent of the late Maria Callas.
By age 26, Xiaoping was considered one of
China’s best opera singers, placing First
Place in the National Opera Competition of
1986. Zhou Xiaoyan, who was deemed by
The New York Times as ‘China’s First Lady of
Opera’, also regarded Xiaoping as having
one of the most powerful voices in China.
Xiaoping has performed extensively in China, Singapore and Australia. She held
two very successful solo concerts in 2004 with Yu Jixing, her brother and
acclaimed Tenor with Opera Australia, at China’s leading opera theatres in Beijing
Century Theatre and Shanghai Grand Theatre. Xiaoping lives with her family in
Melbourne, Australia, where she now works as a music educator.
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