Nancy Yuen (soprano)

One of the most outstanding singers from Asia, Nancy Yuen made her debut upon graduation from the Royal Academy of Music, London, with the Welsh National Opera, singing the title role of Madama Butterfly to great critical acclaim. She has since reprised the role all over the world, notably with the English National Opera, Scottish Opera, West Australian Opera, Opera Queensland, Opera Northern Ireland, Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO), Bangkok Opera (BO), the New Zealand International Festival of Arts, the Barbados Opera Festival, at the Royal Albert Hall for Raymond Gubbay Limited in 1998, 2000 and 2003.

Other starring operatic roles include Romilda (Xerxes), Violetta (La Traviata), Aida, Gilda (Rigoletto), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Leonora (Il Trovatore), Tosca, Liza (The Queen of Spades), Mimi (La Bohème), Jenny (Mahagony Songspiel), Micaela (Carmen), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Liu (Turandot), Antonia (Les Contes D’Hoffmann), Thaiis and Countessa (Le Nozze di Figaro).

A celebrated recitalist and versatile concert artist, she performs regularly with major orchestras and choral societies. Her appearances have included performances with Christopher Hogwood, Trevor Pinnock, Richard Armstrong, Carlo Rizzi, Helmuth Rilling, Tsung Yeh and orchestras such as the London Mozart Players, BBC Concert Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Tivoli Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Opera Orchestra.

Nancy has given masterclasses in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and China. She regularly sits as an adjudicator for international competitions and music festivals, e.g. the 59th and 65th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, Competizione dell’Opera organized by Opera Bremen, Germany and ASEAN Vocal Competitions in Bangkok and Singapore. Since 2015 she has been the Honorary Artistic Director of Singapore Lyric Opera. Recent performances included Mimì in “La Bohème” with Bangkok Opera and her role debut as Senta in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” presented by the Wagner Society in Singapore. In 2018 she reprises her signature role as “Madama Butterfly”, title role in “Aida” and the role of Liu in “Turandot”. Nancy has been the Head of Vocal Studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since March 2010. For her significant achievements and contributions to music, she has been elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014.

阮妙芬 ( 女高音歌唱家)

在英國接受教育、香港出生的女高音阮妙芬，自倫敦皇家音樂學院畢業後旋即獲威爾斯國立歌劇團邀請飾演浦契尼歌劇《蝴蝶夫人》中難度極高的主角，自此一鳴驚人。之後世界各地歌劇團的邀請紛至遝來，當中包括英國國家歌劇院、西澳大利亞歌劇團、昆士蘭歌劇團、北愛爾蘭歌劇團、曼谷歌劇團、新加坡歌劇院、1994年新西蘭國際藝術節、1995年巴布達歌劇節及分別於1998、2000及2003年於皇家愛爾拔堂舉行的演出。

阮氏的演唱曲目非常廣泛，宜古宜今。她更經常定期在英國皇家節日會堂、伊利莎伯女皇廳、巴比肯音樂廳和伯明罕交響樂廳表演;樂蹤遍及歐洲、美洲、亞洲、中東等地。 她與許多知名樂團合作無間，包括倫敦莫劄特樂團、英國廣播公司音樂會樂團、新加坡交響樂團、香港愛樂團、提佛利交響樂團和西澳洲交響樂團等。

阮氏自2013年成為香港歌劇院藝術委員會成員; 自2010年任香港藝術發展局考試官和獨立顧問; 2015年起擔任新加坡歌劇院的第一位名譽藝術總監。

她於2003年至2010年二月出任新加坡南洋藝術學院音樂系聲樂部主任。 2010年3月起擔任香港演藝學院聲樂系系主任。

2014年，皇家音樂學院為了肯定阮氏的卓越成就和貢獻，特地推選她為皇家音樂院准會員。