JINGJING XU
JiNGJING XU
Mezzo-soprano
ABOUT
Praised as “One to Watch,” Jingjing Xu is a mezzo-soprano from China with a diverse and multi-facetted repertoire. After graduating from McGill University with her master’s degree in 2023, she won the 2024 edition of the prestigious Mirjam Helin Competition as its youngest participant. She also won McGill’s premier singing competition, the Wirth Vocal Prize, in 2022.
The 2023-24 season also saw her professional debuts in oratorio and recital performance, as she performed for the Organ and Aria Festival in Espoo, Finland, The Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, and Montreal’s Société d’Art Vocale. Jingjing made her opera debut in 2022, singing the title role of Orlando with Opera McGill. She also sings the roles of Angelina in Rossini’s Cenerentola and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Jingjing is noted for her skill at portraying poetry vividly and precisely to her audience. She and her duo partner, Christopher Knopp, participated in the 2023 edition of the Franz Schubert Institut and worked closely with Elly Ameling, Robert Holl and Roger Vignoles.
Jingjing’s primary mentor is Contralto Annamaria Popescu, and she also works closely with Michael McMahon and Esther Gonthier. She has worked in masterclasses with Graham Johnson, James Vaughan, Jeff Cohen, Pierre Vallet, Helmut Deutsch and Francois Le Roux.
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REPERTOIRE
Role:
Orlando in Orlando (HWV 31) by George Handel (1965-1759)
Arias:
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
L’incoronazione di Poppea, Act 3 “ Addio, Roma”
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3, “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
L’Orlando finto pazzo, R.727, Act 3 “Andero, volero, gridero” (Origille)
- George Handel (1685-1759):
Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 1 “Cara sposa” (Rinaldo)
Act 2 “Lasia ch’io pianga” (Rinaldo)
Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act 3 “Vivi, tiranno!” (Bertarido)
Ariodante, HWV33, Act 2 “Tu preparati a morire” (Ariodante) Act 3 “Dopo notte, atra e funesta” (Ariodante)
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2 “Hence, Iris, hence away” (Juno)
- Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791):
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 1, “Non so piu cosa son” (Cherubino) Act 2, “Voi che sapete” (Cherubino)
Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act1, “Smanie implacabili” (Dorabella) La clemenza di Tito, K. 621, Act 1, “Parto, Parto ma tu ben mio” (Sesto) Concert arias : K. 505 “Ch’io mi scrodi di te ?”
- Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) :
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1 “Una voce poco fa” (Rosina) La cenerentola, Act 2 “Nacqui all affanno…Non piu mesta” (Angelina) La Donna del lago, Act 2 “Tanti affetti in tal momento” (Elena) Tancredi, Act 1 “ Di tanti palpiti” (Tancredi)
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)
Les Huguenots, Act 1, “Nobles Seigneurs” (Urbain)
- Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Roberto Devereux, Act 1, “ All’afflitto e dolce il pianto” (Sara)
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
I Capuleti ed i Montecchi, Act 1, “Se Romeo t’ussise un figlio” (Romeo)
- Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Romeo et Juliette, Act 3, “Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle ?” (Stephano) Faust, Act 3, “Faites-lui mes aveux” (Siébel)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Let Contes d’Hoffmann, Act 3, “C’est l’amour vainqueur” (Nicklausse)
- Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Werther, Act 3, “Va ! Laisse couler mes larmes ” (Charlotte) Act 3, “Werther, qui m’aurait dit la place”
Cendrillon, Act 2, “Coeur sans amour”
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Ariadne auf Naxos, Act 1, “Sein wir wiedr gut” (The composer) Der Rosenkavalier, Act 1, “Wie du warst!” (Octavian)
- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Vanessa, Act 1, “Must the winter come so soon” (Erika)
