Chinese Lyric Mezzo-Soprano Xiao Xiao, was a district winner of Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Upcoming performance including Third Lady in the Magic Flute with Opera de Metro, Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath with MSU Opera. (More TBA)

As a Young artist at Glimmerglass Festival in 2024, she debuted as Fury and covered Linfea/Destino in Cavalli’s La Calisto. 

During her two season as Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of St.Louis 2022/2023 she debuted as Henrietta Wong in Harvey Milk(premiere), sang shepherd boy in Tosca, covered Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte, Mercédès in Carmen, Lucy in Awakenings(premiere). Where she also appeared in scenes concerts as Poppea in L'incoronazione di Poppea, Idamante in Idomeneo, Bertarido in Rodelinda, Nancy in Albert Herring with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Other Roles performed including The title role in La Cenerentola, and L’enfant et les sortilèges, Hiroko in An American dream, Cloe in L'arbore di Diana, Third lady in Die Zauberflöte, Contessa in I Due Figaro, among others.

Xiao is currently a DMA candidate and Teaching assistant at Michigan State University and she holds Master Degree at Manhattan School of music, Graduate Diploma at New England Conservatory of Music, and Bachelor degree at China conservatory of music.