Lingling performing in "Mountain Dream", photo by Zhou Tong (5/9/08)

Lingling and four percussionists (Grag, Ian, Candy and Adam), photo by Warren Chen (5/9/08)

出生在中国广西的旅美歌唱家何玲玲（瑶族）毕业于美国约翰霍普金斯大学琵芭迪音乐学院（Peabody Conservatory）和美国那布拉斯加-林肯大学，并获得霍普金斯大学的艺术家表演证书和林肯大学的音乐硕士学位。

近年来，何玲玲成功地活跃在国际歌剧舞台和音乐会中，并以出色的演唱才能在国际著名比赛中获奖。它们是：在墨那哥举行的第三届蒙特-卡罗国际声乐大赛、在纽约举行的歌笛雷声那国际声乐比赛和在丹佛举行的韦拉司根门国际声乐比赛。此外，她还是美国国家歌唱教师协会声乐比赛的第一名和新加坡作曲家协会举办的亚洲声乐演唱赛冠军得主。

何玲玲以自己卓越的表演和演唱才华先后在十多部歌剧中扮演过不同风格的角色，例如《女人皆如此》中的德萝贝拉，《蝴碟夫人》 中的铃木，《汉瑟尔与葛雷泰》中的汉瑟尔，《朱烈尔凯撒》中的珂雷丽亚，《吉普塞女孩》中的吉普塞女王等等。她还应邀参加了意大利罗马音乐节，爱尔兰沃特佛国际歌剧节和新加坡亚洲艺术节的演出。以及在美国、新加坡、马来西亚、澳大利亚等国家举行音乐会和独唱音乐会，受到广泛的赞赏。

何玲玲目前是华盛顿国家歌剧院的签约歌唱家、美国艺术家协会会员、美国国家歌唱教师学会会员、美国国家歌剧协会会员。

Described by John O’Connor of the Munster Express, Ireland “Lingling as the Gypsy Queen was fantastic and she had such force and dramatic quality”. In Opera Madama Butterfly, she was commended “as the impressive servant Suzuki” by Amy Lamphere, Lincoln Journal Star.

Lingling has been singing with Washington National Opera since 2005. She has sang the role of Tigrana in Puccini’s rarely performed opera Edgar, and Musetta in Leoncavallo’s La Boheme, with the American Center for Puccini Studies, and Martha in opera Iolanta with Bel Cantanti Opera Washington DC. Her previous opera engagement included Dorabella (Cosi Fan Tutte), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly ), Gypsy Queen (The Bohemian Girl) in the Ireland Waterford International Light Opera Festival and Gek Choo (Bunga Mawar) in the world premiere with Singapore Lyric Opera. Her soloist oratorio performances include Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Mass in c minor, among others. She has performed concerts and recitals world wide including China, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.

She was an Award Winner in the 7th Gerda Lisser Foundation International Vocal Competition, and the First Prize Winner of the Singapore Composition Singing Competition, Singapore. As one of the twelve singers selected from eight major cities around the world, Lingling was invited to compete in the 3rd Monte-Carlo Voice Masters International Competition in June 2005.

Lingling received her Graduate Performance Diploma in voice from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Music degree in voice from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Music.

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