FM x HKPVA Opera: Dr Miracle

Ashley Chui

Ashley Chui is a Mezzo-soprano based in Hong Kong. She has portrayed opera roles including Carmen and Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen, Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, Ines in Versi’s Il Trovatore, Veronique in Bizet’s Le Docteur Miracle, Third Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute, Dog/Franktik/Woodpecker in Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen and Angelique in Delibes’s Le Roi L’a Dit. Besides opera performances, Chui has collaborated as a soloist with the International Chamber Orchestra of America, Oberlin in Italy, Opera Hong Kong, Hong Kong Generation Next Arts, Hong Kong Festival Orchestra, and more. She is a recipient of the 2nd prize in the 2013 Yokohama International Music Competition and the special prize in the 2022 Ise-Shima International Singing Competition. She is also one of the winners in the Hong Kong division of the 14th Chinese Golden Bell Award for Music. In the past season, Chui was invited to perform in arts festivals including Hong Kong Arts Festival, French May, and Obidos Opera Festival in Portugal. She is recently on tour with Opera Hong Kong performing in “Under the Lion Rock” touring concerts in Mainland China cities.  

Ashley earned her bachelor’s degree from Manhattan School of Music and her master’s degree from Columbia University in New York City. Ashley Chui was a member of Opera Hong Kong’s Young Artist Program.

Wesley Lam

Wesley finished The Jockey Club Opera Hong Kong Young Artist Development and Education Programme. He received Master of Music (Voice) degree at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts under the tutelage of Prof. Nancy Yuen, and Bachelor of Arts (Music) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong with scholarships. 

He performed more than 25 operatic roles including Tamino, Monostatos & First Armoured Man in Mozart’s Magic Flute; Hoffmann, Spalanzani, Nathanaël, Frantz & Pitichinaccio in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann; Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; and Apollo in Handel’s Semele and more. He also performed as the tenor soloist in works like Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Scriabin’s Symphony no.1.  

Conductors he has collaborated with include Prof. Chan Wingwah, Prof. Carmen Koon, Mak Ka Lok, Pietro Mianiti, Eitan Globerson and Dejan Savić. Wesley has performed in masterclasses by Eric Halfvarson and Nelly Miricioiu, as well as Roberto Abbondanza and Isabel Gentile at Accademia della Voce, Italy, where he received the prize, “Premio per la sezione Canto Lirico in ricordo di Roberto Cambri”. 

He studied with Prof. Ildikò Ramondi with scholarship at the International Summer Academy of University Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. 

Wesley is currently a voice instructor of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Junior Programme, and conductor of The Hong Kong Children’s Choir. He is also a vocal coach of the musical “Singout”, presented by the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre.