Born in
Ningbo, China, Fang earned a bachelor of music degree from the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music where she was a pupil of Jingzu Bian. She went on to earn a master's degree and an artist diploma from the
Juilliard School in New York City under the tutelage of Edith Bers before becoming a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Ying has performed several roles with the
Aspen Opera Theater, including Maria in Bernstein's
West Side Story (2011) and Pamina in Mozart's
The Magic Flute (2012). In 2013 she made her debut at the
Wolf Trap Opera Company as La Contessa di Folleville in
Il viaggio a Reims, and returned there the following year as Cleopatra in Handel's
Giulio Cesare. In 2015 she performed arias by Mozart,
Massenet, and
Donizetti in concert with the
Florida Orchestra. Ying made her debut with the
Metropolitan Opera in "The Met's Summer Recital Series" in the Bronx's
Crotona Park in July 2013, singing arias from Donizetti's
Don Pasquale, Handel's
Semele and
Alcina, and
The Pirates of Penzance among other works. In 2016 she returned to the Met as Giannetta in Donizetti's ''
L'elisir d'amore''. In March 2017, she appeared at the Met as Ilia in Mozart's
Idomeneo. There, she has also appeared as Noémie in Massenet's
Cendrillon (2018), and Zerlina in Mozart's
Don Giovanni (2023). In addition to her work as an opera singer, Ying also performs works from the concert repertoire. In 2013 she was the soprano soloist in Orff's
Carmina Burana with the
National Symphony Orchestra at the
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. In 2014 she performed Bach's
Wedding Cantata and
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by
Heitor Villa-Lobos with the
Santa Cruz Symphony. That same year she was the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn's ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream'' with the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In 2015 she was the soprano soloist in Mahler's
Symphony No. 4 with both the
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra at Benson Great Hall and with the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra at the
Festival d'Avignon and
Aix-en-Provence Festival. In 2016 she performed as the soprano soloist in Mahler's
Symphony No. 2 with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the
Ravinia Festival. ==References==