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Asako Tamura - Soprano
Soprano Asako Tamura has impressed and delighted audiences with an extraordinary blend of vocal brilliance, powerful stage presence, and innate musicality ... (more at VO's blog).

Lucy Choi - Soprano
Lucy Hyeon Kyung Choi is a Korean lyric soprano living in Vancouver. She has performed extensively on both sides of the Pacific Ocean since graduating from the Dan-Kook University. After graduation she studied with baritone J. Valdengo in Italy and subsequently graduated from the Vancouver Academy of Music where she studied with Ann Golden Fischer ... (more at VO's blog).

Joyce Ho - Mezzo-Soprano
Born in Taiwan, mezzo-soprano Joyce Ho began her musical training studying piano and cello. Following her studies as an opera major at the UBC School of Music, she is currently enrolled in the Vancouver Academy of Music Bachelor of Music program studying with David Meek ... (more at VO's blog).

Jessica Cheung - Soprano
Soprano Jessica Cheung is an Artist Diploma candidate at The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Miss Cheung made her professional opera debut with The Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble as the title role in Naomi's Road in 2005 ... (more at VO's blog).

Sam Chung - Tenor
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sam performs regularly with the Vancouver Opera chorus and most recently understudied the roles of Beppe in Pagliacci and Jaquino in Fidelio, and performed the roles of Parpignol in La bohème and the 2nd Villager in Pagliacci ... (more at VO's blog).

Michael Mori - Baritone
Baritone Michael Mori completed his Masters in Opera at the University of British Columbia. He performed such roles as Schaunard, Figaro, and Guglielmo and the role of Papageno in repeat performances in Vancouver, the Czech Republic, and Prince George. Mr. Mori also performs regularly with the Vancouver Opera Chorus ... (more at VO's blog).

Brian Lee - Tenor
Six years ago Brian Kwangmin Lee was a 3rd year Biology major at UBC when he realized his true passion was opera. After several small roles with the UBC Opera Ensemble, he performed his first lead role as Sam in Street Scene. Further roles with the UBC Opera Ensemble ... (more at VO's blog).

Stephanie Nakagawa - Soprano
Stephanie Nakagawa is in her fourth year in the UBC Opera program. She is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Competition-Western Canada District, and the Gold Medal winner of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Last year, Ms. Nakagawa performed Musetta in La bohème; Adele in Die Fledermaus with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and at the Wesben Festival ... (more at VO's blog)

Szu Wen Wang - Soprano
Taiwanese soprano Szu-Wen Wang has appeared in several Vancouver area productions with Opera Appassionata, DragonDiva Operatic Theatre, North Shore Light Opera Society, Vancouver Academy of Music and the inaugural Voices of the Pacific Rim recital in 2008. Ms. Wang holds a Bachelor's degree in Vocal Performance from Taipei National University of the Arts ... (more at VO's blog).