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Chinese countertenor Zheng Jiang is currently a member of the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio, where he will sing the title role in Handel's Ariodante in early 2027. He has been selected as a finalist for the 2026 edition of Operalia, to be held in Shanghai.
Recent highlights include his Salzburg Festival debut as Grimbald in Gordon Kampe's King Arthur Junior and his role debut as Sesto in David Alden's new production of Handel's Giulio Cesare at The Grange Festival. Upcoming engagements include his Handel Festival in Halle debut as Melo in Handel's Sosarme, re di Media, conducted by Mahan Esfahani, with further performances at Casa da Música, Porto.
His previous operatic appearances include Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, the Sandman in Hänsel und Gretel, and Piero della Francesca in Jonathan Dove's Seven Angels.
An accomplished young artist, Zheng Jiang has received numerous awards, including First Prize at the Adrian Clarke Vocal Awards at the Grasmere Festival in 2025, Third Prize in the 2025 Lies Askonas Competition, and the Nicholas Partridge Award at the Eastbourne International Singing Competition in 2024. He was also a finalist in both the 2025 and 2026 Kathleen Ferrier Awards at Wigmore Hall, and has participated in both the Samling Artist Programme and the 2026 Leeds Song Festival Young Artist Programme.
Born in China, Zheng Jiang studied at York University in Toronto with Norma Burrowes before continuing his training at the Royal College of Music with Ben Johnson.
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“For me there was another strong contender: the countertenor Zheng Jiang, who sang with a
chorister’s purity. He turned Schubert’s Nacht und Träume into something ineffably beautiful, and
compelled and devastated with ‘Dawn, still darkness’ from Jonathan Dove’s Flight.”
The Times
“Jiang sang well, and has an attractive, creamy voice.”
Seen and Heard International
“...while Zheng Jiang’s limpid countertenor made for a pleasing Sesto...”
Bachtrack
“...Zheng Jiang’s bright-toned Sesto, whose transition from public schoolboy to blood-
streaked quarterback is one of Alden’s most original touches. Their moving duet, Son nata a
lagrimar is a highlight.”
The Guardian
“Two rising stars acquit themselves honourably as the widow and son respectively of
Caesar’s rival Pompey... countertenor Zheng Jiang as Pompey’s son Sesto, bent on
vengeance on Tolomeo for beheading his father. His singing is clean and focused.”
The Stage
“Zheng Jiang made an engaging Sesto, creating an earnest and eager schoolboy. Jiang's
tone was warm yet light, and definitely very fluent in the faster numbers. His approach to
Sesto's bravura passages.”
Planet Hugill
“...while in the third countertenor part, Sesto, Zheng Jiang sings with tender agility, both enlisting
compassion for their characters’ predicament.”
Opera Today
“Zheng Jiang as Sesto … with impressively fresh, beautifully phrased singing.”
MusicOMH
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