Ming Yuan Solo at Regina Chinese Singers (RCS) Concert in Canada
Regina Chinese Singers Annual Concert
on 06/25/2000
Present by Regina Chinese Singers
Place: Knox-Metropolitan United Church
2340 Victoria Avenue, Regina SK Canada
Time: Sunday, June 25th, 2000, at 3:00 PM
As several voice recitals and Access Communications cable recording for the the Conservatory of Music & Dance was very successful, Ming Yuan was invited as a guest vocalist to sing three arias again on the RCS annual concert for Regina Chinese Singers.
Ming Yuan received a standing ovation after her solo at the concert, it was a great success.
At the end of the concert, Ming received flowers from the chorus as a guest vocalist standing in the middle.
Ming's Program at the Concert
"Song to the Moon"
-- From Dvorak's Opera [Rusalka]
Moon high up in the sky
you light up vast distances
you wander through the wide, wide world
looking into the homes of men
stay awhile, moon,
tell me, oh tell me where my beloved is!
Tell him, silver moon,
that my arms embrace him
so that at least in his dreams
he may remember me
Shine for him in far away places
shine for him,
tell him, oh tell him who is waiting here!
If he dreams about me
let that remembrance waken him!
Moon, don't go away, don't go away,
moon, don't go away!
"O Mio Babbino Caro"
-- From Puccini's Opera [Gianni Schicchi]
[Oh, my dear daddy]
Oh, my dear daddy, I like him, he is so handsome;
I want to go to Porta Rossa to buy the ring!
Yes, yes, I do want to go!
And if I were to love him in vain,
I'd go to the Ponte Vecchio
and throw myself in the Arno!
I fret and suffer torments!
Oh, God, I wish I could die!
daddy, have pity, have pity!
Performance Profile
Soprano Ming Yuan used to take voice training classes from soprano Laura Dzubaniuk, who
won international vocal competition couple years ago, and then took more voice lessons from Maria Pellegrini, who is international
well known opera singer and was the winner of Metropolitan Opera House, for almost three years in Ottawa. And
she was lucky to get vocal coaching from Mr.Leon Leung, a formal dean and professor of Royal Conservatory of
Music in Hong Kong, and also from Professor Wang, who came from the Tianjing Conservatory of Music. Ming
performed regularly with her piano teacher and accompanies Mr. H.G. Cai together on the Operatic Recitals and
Chinese Culture Shows in Ottawa.
After moving to Toronto, Ming took more vocal lessons from Chinese famous soprano Ms. Xiao-Ping Hu, besides working as a
webmaster in a office.
After moving to Regina, SK Canada, Ming takes more voice lessons from a local Tenor Dr. Bev Tillman
in the Conservatory of Music & Dance. And she did well performance on previous Voice Recitals on November 20th,
1999, December 4th, 1999, March 26th, 2000 and May 18th, 2000 with those arias of "O mio babbino caro"(from
Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi"), "Porgi, amore" (from Mozart's opera "le Nozze di Figaro"), "Un bel di
vedremo" (from Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly"), "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" (from Puccini's opera
"Tosca")...
Ming Yuan took some voice lessons from professor & soprano Lynn Channing from the Music Department of
University of Regina besides her full-time computer programming job.
In 2001, Ming Yuan's family moved to Columbus, OH, USA for another project, Beside working as a
database developer, Ming Yuan was actively involved in the local Chinese community. She was invited as a judge
for OSU Chinese Singing Competition, and a guest vocalist for Chinese Moon Festival celebration. She was also
the Artistic Director and taught couple of Chinese folk dances to a local Chinese Dance Group (now as Huaxia
Arts Group).
Currently, Ming Yuan resides in Guilford, CT, USA . She is a food scientist and R & D
manager for a vegetarian food company in New Haven. Ming still have a great passion in singing and dancing.
Ming was a vocalist for Chinese New Year celebration in New Haven on Feb. 8th , 2003. She is also
the Art Director of Butterfly Chinese Dance Troupe at
Yale.
Over the past eight years, Ming Yuan has developed a good operatic repertoire that features Puccini's operas, Italian arias and Chinese arts songs. Singing is an endless joy for Ming. She likes to share her talents with her audiences and let them know that sometimes dreams do come true.
