Taiwanese Soprano, Tzu-Jung Wang, is passionate about collaboration and continues to explore the vast music styles in different cultures. This Summer, she debuts as Suor Genovieffa/Suor Angelica in Prague, Czech Republic, and as Morgana/Alcina with the Chicago Summer Opera. In June 2024, she performed the role of Penny in the world premiere of Sutto’s one-act opera buffa, Lost in the Scroll, at the Mostly Modern Festival. Ms. Wang's previous engagements include Barbarina/Le nozze di Figaro with the Chicago Summer Opera and roles such as Adèle/Malvina and Masha/Enemies, A Love Story with Peabody Opera Theater. She also understudied Lauretta/Gianni Schicchiat at the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia.
Ms. Wang placed first in the Women & BIPOC Composers categories, and second in the Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). She also received the Peabody Conservatory Career Development Grant in 2022 and 2024, the George Castelle Award, and the Charles P. Sachs Scholarship. As a concert soloist, Ms. Wang has performed at the Peabody New Star Concert at Taiwan’s National Concert Hall and appeared in works such as Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Williams’s The First Nowell, Fauré’s Requiem, and Peter Gilbert’s Tsukimi.
Ms. Wang holds a B.F.A. in Voice Performance from Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan, and an M.M. in Voice Performance & Pedagogy at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Wang is currently based in Schaumburg, IL. When she is not singing, Ms. Wang enjoys learning German, Italian, and hanging out with her cat, Latte.