Minghao Liu

Minghao Liu is an emerging tenor leggero praised for his easy, powerful high notes and well-polished bel canto musicality. During the 2026-27 season, Mr. Liu performs major Rossini repertoire including one of his signature roles, Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, at Kentucky Opera, Opera Tampa, and Forth Worth Opera, as well as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola for Bob Jones University and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He returns to Opera Philadelphia to make a role debut singing Marzio in Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto led by Corrado Rovaris and directed by Emma Griffin. In concert, Mr. Liu performs as the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Louisville Orchestra conducted by Teddy Abrams.

In the previous season, Mr. Liu made debuts with the Glyndebourne Festival as Narciso in a revival of Mariame Clément's witty production of Il Turco in Italia with Vincenzo Milletari conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bard SummerScape singing Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, designs by John Horzen, and directed by Marco Nisticò; Opera Philadelphia singing Belfiore in Il Viaggio a Reims under the baton of Music Director Corrado Rovaris in the production of Olivier Award-winning director Damiano Michieletto. Further debuts included his portrayal of Count Alamaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Omaha alongside co-stars Daniela Mack and Alexander Birch Elliot with Gary Wedow on the podium and Stephen Lawless directing; Charleston Opera Theater under the baton of Wojciech Milewski and San Diego Opera with Yves Abel on conducting duties and Chuck Hudson directing where he revived his portrayal of Count Almaviva for both companies. Mr. Liu also performed a recital at the Vita Brevis Club in San Francisco with pianist Roberto Berrocal.

Recent engagements for Mr. Liu include the title role of Le Comte Ory at the Merola Opera Program conducted by Pierre Vallet and directed by Garnett Bruce; Ernesto in Don Pasquale at Opera Naples with conductor Ramón Tebar; covering tenor Jonah Hoskins in the role of Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with Florida Grand Opera led by Anthony Barrese; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Opera Tampa with Michael Francis conducting; covering the role of Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri with St Petersburg Opera; Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Miami Music Festival; Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Pong in Turandot with Gulfshore Opera under Music Director Jorge Parodi; and Alfred in Die Fledermaus at Opera in Williamsburg. Mr. Liu was invited to cover Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia for the 2021 Rossini Opera Festival, but it was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, he returned to Miami to study in the Frost School of Music, where he participated in four programs, all under full scholarship. Early 2022, he participated in Sherrill Milnes Voice Experience Program in Tampa, Florida, and the Savannah Voice Festival in Savannah, Georgia. 

In concert, he has performed Mozart's Mass in C Major, K. 317, "Coronation” at Carnegie Hall with conductor Leslie Dala; the Verdi Requiem with the Savannah Philharmonic led by Keitaro Harada; and a gala Christmas concert titled “Comfort and Joy” with Master Chorale of South Florida. Mr. Liu sang in the premiere of Michael Dell’aria’s The Leopard alongside Frank Ragsdale, Robynne Redmon, Kim Josephson, and Kevin Short, with the Frost Symphony Orchestra and Gerard Schwartz on the podium. The production was subsequently recorded and released on the Naxos label. OperaWire wrote: “As Tancredi Falconeri, tenor Minghao Liu finely conveyed the passionate nature of the prince’s nephew.”

In recent competitions, Mr. Liu has won top prizes including the 2025 Luciano Pavarotti Foundation Opera Naples International Voice Competition with a jury that included Nicoletta Pavarotti, Bruce Ford, and Nicola Colabianchi; The Lissner Charitable Fund Award for the 2024 Opera Index Vocal Competition followed by a gala performance in New York City honoring Bryn Terfel; and first prize in the 2023 SAS Annual Vocal Competition at The National Opera Center. He has also won the D'Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition in Tampa, FL; Camille Coloratura Awards in Maryland, MA; and Pesaro International Music Competition in Italy. 

Born in Qingdao, Mr. Liu is fluent in English, Russian and Chinese. In 2008, he went to Ukraine to study at the S.S. Prokofiev Music Conservatory in Donetsk, earning Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in opera. In 2014, he fled Ukraine because of the escalating war crisis, and continued his studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. After finishing his studies, he received a scholarship from the Franz Schubert Institute in Baden, Austria, where he received vocal and German diction training from Elly Ameling, Robert Holl, Julius Drake and Helmut Deutsch. Mr. Liu has coached with Joan Dorneman, John Churchwell, Carrie-Ann Matheson and currently studies voice with Manny Perez. 

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