Fei Xia, soprano

Soprano Fei Xia is originally from China. she started to learn piano at 9, and she has been studying voice for 8 years. Currently, She is a roster artist of Vocal Artists Management. As  a professionally trained classical singer, Fei has been selected to engage with several professional opera companies, including Vienna Opera Festival, NYLOP, Angels Vocal Arts Opera Company, Manhattan Opera Studio, Miami Classical Music Festival, Berlin Opera Academy, Connecticut Lyric Opera House Young Artist Opera Program, Taconic Opera Company Young Artist Program, etc. In 2017, Fei made her Carnegie Hall debut in the role of Juliette in Romeo et Juliette with New York Lyric Opera. In 2018, she was invited to perform again at Carnegie Hall, singing the role of Giulietta in Les contes d'Hoffmann. She then performed the roles of Prima Cercatrice and Una Novizia in Suor Angelica with Montclair State University Opera in 2020. Her major opera roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Cosifan tutte, Annio in La clemenza di Tito, Second lady in Die Zauberflote, Pamina (cover) in Die Zauberflote, Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, Manon in Manon, Angelica in Orlando. Besides the opera area, she also sang oratorios from Bach, Handel, and Haydn. As an active recitalist, she gave several solo recitals in China and the USA. She is also a big fan of musical theater and pop music, singing musical theater and pop songs for many years.

Fei recently won the 2nd Prize in the International Youth Music Competitions and had been advanced to the final round of the Lucine Amara International Art Song Competition. She previously has won numerous vocal competitions, including 1st Place in the American Protege International Vocal Competition, 1st Prize in Golden Classical Awards International Music Competition, the 1st Prize in “The Song” International Vocal Competition, the 3rd Prize in Odin International Music Competition, the 3rd in American Classical Young Music Award International Music Competition, etc. She was the finalist of Metropolitan Opera Competition Florida District in 2019, a Semi-finalist of New York Lyra International Vocal Competition, and New York Lyric Opera Theater International Vocal Competition in 2018. 

Besides her singing and performing career, as a voice teacher, she is currently serving as the associate voice and piano faculty at WVU Community Music Program, and serving as a vocal instructor at Music to Your Home company and Tissimo Music School. She built up her private teaching studio in New York City in 2017. 

Fei earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Xinghai Conservatory of Music in China. She then received her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of Miami and her Artist Diploma from Montclair State University. She is currently working on her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance at WVU with the Outstanding Merit Fellowship award.