Ip Po-ching

Ip Po-ching

Yuki Ip is a soprano based in Hong Kong. Her notable performances include being the featured soloist with José Carreras for the inaugural season of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China; Nedda in R. Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci and Cio-Cio San in G. Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with MusicaViva, Hong Kong, and soprano soloist in her European debut at the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy in G. Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Miss Ip was the soprano soloist in J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass in 2011 and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (‘The Creation’) in 2013, both under the baton of Maestro Helmuth Rilling.

Recently she was the guest performer at the celebration for the 17th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas McGegan. H. Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 in Verona and Cremona, Italy; and was guest soloist at the Shanghai World Exposition with Shanghai Opera House Orchestra and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen with Le French May Festival Hong Kong.

Other operatic roles include Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme under the direction of Bruno Aprea; Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo and Juliette under the direction of Paolo Olmi; Sophie in J. Massenet’s Werther, with Opera Hong Kong; Rose Maurrant in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene with Singapore Lyric Opera; Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel with the Singapore Lyric Opera; and Suor Genovieffa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica at the Macau International Arts Festival. She has also performed with the Macau Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta on more than one occasions.