Changchang Hao, soprano, is from China and is a second-year doctoral student in Vocal Performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she studies with Carol Vaness. She previously earned her Master of Music degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she studied with Robin Rice, and her Bachelor of Music degree from the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
Her operatic experience includes Fiordiligi in a scene from Così fan tutte (IU), Barbarina in a scene from Le nozze di Figaro, Musetta in a scene from La Bohème, the First Witch in Dido and Aeneas, and chorus roles in Eugene Onegin and Street Scene at Rice University. At the China Conservatory of Music, she appeared as La Contessa in Le nozze di Figaroand performed Donna Anna in a scene from Don Giovanni.
She won the 2024 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale (Graduate Division) and will perform the role of Mimì in Indiana University Opera Theater’s upcoming fall 2025 production of La Bohème.