(She/Her) Chinese soprano Yining Xie is a rising star in opera and concert performance. She will soon perform Panima in Die Zauberflöte. Her recent roles include Morgana in Alcina, Gossips in The Ghost of Versailles, La Fée Marraine in Cendrillon, Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Le Rossignol in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. Yining was selected for Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy in 2022 and is a 2024 recipient of the Lawrence E. Carlton Prize in Opera.