Alice Chung is making her HGO debut. During the 2022-23 season, Chung covered Dame Quickly (Falstaff) with Opera San José, made her company debut at Arizona Opera as Dritte Dame in The Magic Flute, and returned to San Francisco Opera to cover the role of Suzuki in Madame Butterfly. The 2023-24 season will see Chung singing the role of Suzuki in Madame Butterfly with Boston Lyric Opera and Mama/Mrs. Kobayashi in An American Dream with Hawai’i Opera Theatre. As a 2017 and 2019 alumnus of SFO’s Merola Opera Program, Chung has garnered acclaim for her excerpted portrayals of Azucena (Il trovatore), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Augusta Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe), and Gertrude (Hamlet). She returned to San Francisco to make her Schwabacher Debut Recital, cover the role of Granny Jia in Dream of the Red Chamber, and present her Shoshana Foundation recital, Illustrations. Chung has sung with Tulsa Opera, Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Hawai'i Opera Theatre. Among many awards and honors, Chung is the recipient of a 2021 Sullivan Foundation Award and a 2020 Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation. She is the co-founder of Wear Yellow Proudly, an arts and advocacy initiative devoted to bringing awareness to Asian culture by showcasing and celebrating Asian art and artists worldwide.
HGO DEBUT