Chinese Bass, George Jiayi Baolin, received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Opera Performance at the University of Texas at Austin. He recently joined the Lehrer Vocal Institute as a vocal fellow in the 2025 Music Academy of the West.  Before that, he received the Professional Studies Certificate degree and the Master of Music degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. He has performed many leading roles in the Butler Opera Center, including Le Nozze Di Figaro (Figaro), La Traviata (Dr. Grenvil), Proving Up (Sodbuster), Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Coppelius), La Bohème (Colline), Tea: A Mirror of Souls (Emperor), and Queen of Spades (Surin). Previous credits include Gianni Schicchi(Simone), Tosca (Angelotti) with the Festival of Tagliacozzo, Acis, and Galatea(Polyphemus), and opera outreach program Mary Popera (Mr.Bing) with Manhattan School of Music; Tosca(Sciarrone) with the Music Festival in San Martino in Italy. Scene work includes Le nozze di Figaro (Bartolo), L’italiana in Algeri(Haly), and Ernani (Silva)with Classical Lyric Arts. Along with his work in the standard repertoire, Mr. Baolin has also performed many pieces as a soloist along with choir and chamber music groups in China and the United States.