Yuki Ip

葉葆菁 是香港女高音，演出經驗豐富，較矚目的有：在北京國家大劇院啟用樂季，與世界著名男高音卡拉斯合唱音樂會；在香港「非凡美樂」製作的浦契尼歌劇《蝴蝶夫人》中飾女主角；在意大利拉溫納的聖維他利大教堂演出《聖母悼歌》，這是她首次在歐洲以女高音獨唱身份亮相；2011年及2013年在巴赫大師利靈指揮下，擔任巴赫《B小調彌撒曲》及 海頓《創世紀》的女高音獨唱。 

 

近期的演出，計有在意大利維羅納、克雷莫納魏拉羅伯士的《巴赫風格的巴西組曲之五》；以客席女高音身份與上海歌劇院樂團在2010上海世博會上演出；在香港的「法國五月」藝術節中參演比才的《卡門》，飾米凱拉。 

 

葉氏曾飾演的其他歌劇角色還包括：浦契尼《波希米亞人》的咪咪，布魯諾‧阿普雷亞執導；古諾《羅密歐與朱麗葉》的茱麗葉，保羅·奧爾米執導；與香港歌劇院合作演出馬斯內的《維特》，飾演蘇菲；與新加坡抒情歌劇團合作演出韋爾的《街景》，飾演露斯‧慕蘭；與新加坡抒情歌劇團合作演出洪佩爾丁克的《糖果屋歷險記》，飾演格蕾桃；在澳門國際藝術節中演出浦契尼《安祖莉卡修女》中的吉納韋芙。 

 

其他應邀出演的節目有：在紐約和多倫多為黃安倫的《啟示錄》擔任女高音獨唱；在澳門回歸紀念音樂會首次與澳門交響樂團合作；在香港藝術節演出蒙特威爾第的《坦克雷德與克洛琳達之爭》及巴赫的《咖啡清唱劇》；與新加坡交響樂團首次合作，在《卡門》中飾演法斯基達；以及與香港管弦樂團及小交響樂團多次同台演出。 

 

葉氏的音樂會曲目甚廣，涵蓋巴赫的《清唱劇 –作品80及140》 和《Ｂ小調彌撒曲》；舒伯特《降E大調彌撒曲》、《石上牧者》；舒曼《河上》；布拉姆斯《安魂曲》；聖桑《聖誕清唱劇》；孟德爾遜《以利亞》；路特《安魂曲》; 羅西尼《小莊嚴彌撒曲》和《榮耀彌撒曲》；莫扎特《歡欣雀躍》、《安魂曲》、《C小調彌撒曲》、《簡短彌撒曲》；萊特-韋伯《安魂曲》; 韓德爾《彌賽亞》、《天主說》、《快樂人與沉思人》；威爾第《安魂曲》；佛瑞《安魂曲》；韋華第《榮耀頌》；貝多芬《合唱狂想曲》、《莊嚴彌撒曲》、《C大調彌撒曲》；布魯克納《謝恩讚美歌》、《F小調彌撒曲》；白遼士《莊嚴彌撒》；以及馬勒《第八交響曲》的女高音獨唱。 

 

她參與演出的音樂會無數，大部份都在香港電台轉播。 

 

葉氏先後畢業於香港演藝學院和波士頓新英格蘭音樂學院，獲音樂學士(榮譽)、音樂碩士銜。

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Hong Kong soprano, Ip Po-Ching's major performances include being the featured soloist with José Carreras for the inaugural season of the National Centre of the Performing Arts, Beijing, China; Nedda in R. Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci and Cio-Cio San in G. Puccini’s Madame 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 and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung under the baton of Maestro Helmuth Rilling.

 

Recently she performed 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 G. Puccini’s La Boheme under the direction of Bruno Aprea; Juliette in C. 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 E. Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel with the Singapore Lyric Opera and Suor Genovieffa in G. Puccini’s Suor Angelica at the Macau International Arts Festival.

 

Other significant engagements include her debut in New York City and Toronto as soprano soloist in An-Lun Huang’s Revelation; her debut with Macau Orchestra in the Macau Handover Anniversary Concert; C. Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Trancredi e Clorinda and J.S. Bach's Kaffee Cantata at the Hong Kong Arts Festival; her debut with Singapore Symphony Orchestra performing Frasquita in G. Bizet's Carmen and multiple performances with both the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Numerous concerts featuring Miss Ip have also been broadcast by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK).

 

Ip’s concert repertoire has included J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 80 & 140 and B Minor Mass; F. Schubert’s Mass in Eb and Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; R. Schumann’s Auf dem Strom; J. Brahms’ Requiem; C. Saint-Saen’s Christmas Oratorio; E. Mendelssohn's Elijah; J. Rutter's Requiem; G. Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle and Messa di Gloria; W.A. Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Requiem, Mass in c minor and Missa Brevis; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem; J.F. Handel's Messiah, Dixit Dominus and L'Allgero ed il Penseroso; G. Verdi’s Requiem; G. Fauré’s Requiem; A.Vivaldi's Gloria; L. Von Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Missa Solemnis and Mass in C; A. Bruckner’s Te Deum and Mass in f minor; H. Berlioz’s Mess Solenelle and soprano soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No.8.

 

Miss Ip obtained a Bachelor of Music Degree (Honors) from Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a Master of Music Degree from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, USA.  Miss Ip is officially supported by the Muses Foundation for Culture and Education and is currently RTHK Radio 4 Artist in Residence.