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Yvonne Cheng (鄭瑜英)

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Yvonne Cheng (鄭瑜英)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Yvonne Cheng
  • Chinese: 鄭瑜英
  • Era: Birth Place
  • Geography: 台灣彰化
  • Core roles: artist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Yvonne Cheng graduated with a degree in music from the Shih Chien University in Taiwan and went to Milan, Italy to pursue advanced vocal study on scholarship at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory. She won several important awards at international competitions in Italy, including second prize at the International Competition for Puccinian Voices in Lucca, second prize in the Maria Caniglia Competition, a special prize for staging and interpretation in the Maria Callas Competition, and third prize and “Best Female Voice” in the City of Milan Competition. She made her operatic debut with Paesiello’s Idolo Cinese in Milan, and has since appeared in many operatic roles in Europe, and throughout Asia. She is especially noted for her interpretation of Violetta in La Traviata, Gilda in Rigoletto, Mimi in La Bohéme, and Liù in Turandot. Ms. Cheng frequently gives solo recitals in Italy, Switzerland, Asia, and the United States. She received a special invitation to perform at the Hong Kong and China reunification concert in 1997 and has performed with the New York Grand Opera at Carnegie Hall. She has an impressive repertoire, encompassing Oratorio, Cantata, Lieder, Chanson, and Chinese art song.

Education

  • 台灣實踐大學 — 1980 — B.A. Music — 米蘭威爾第音樂學院 — 1984 — Advanced vocal study — Western Connecticut State University
  • Columbia University Teachers College — 2008 — 2009 — B.A. Music (U.S.) — Master of Music and — Music Education

Employment

  • Soprano, performer, and voice teacher

Career & Community

  • Opera career — Debut in Paesiello’s Idolo Cinese in Milan; roles across Europe and Asia, especially noted as Violetta (La Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Mimì (La Bohème), and Liù (Turandot); solo recitals in Italy, Switzerland, Asia, and the U.S.; performed with New York Grand Opera at Carnegie Hall; special invitation to the 1997 Hong Kong and China reunification concert
  • Competition prizes (Italy) — 2nd prize, International Competition for Puccinian Voices (Lucca); 2nd prize, Maria Caniglia Competition; special prize for staging and interpretation, Maria Callas Competition; 3rd prize and “Best Female Voice”, City of Milan Competition
  • Education — 台灣實踐大學 Shih Chien University B.A. Music (1980); 米蘭威爾第音樂學院 Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, Milan — advanced vocal study on scholarship (1984); Western Connecticut State University; Columbia University Teachers College (2008–2009) — B.A. Music (U.S.) and Master of Music in Music Education (see Columbia University Taiwanese Graduate Student Association)
  • Teaching & repertoire — Voice teacher; repertoire spans oratorio, cantata, Lieder, chanson, and Chinese art song

Family

  • Husband: Joseph Letizia
  • Daughter: Jessica Letizia
  • Son: none

Connected in the Vault

Her TAH encyclopedia entries are held in the vault as community historical record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/90-yvonne-cheng-e9-84-ad-e7-91-9c-e8-8b-b1-soprano||TAH Encyclopedia #90: Yvonne Cheng 鄭瑜英, Soprano]] (2014/12) and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/140-yvonne-cheng-e9-84-ad-e7-91-9c-e8-8b-b1||TAH Encyclopedia #140: Yvonne Cheng 鄭瑜英]].

Sources

Deepen note (2026-09-14, vault-only)

  • Both cited TAH encyclopedia records ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/90-yvonne-cheng-e9-84-ad-e7-91-9c-e8-8b-b1-soprano|#90]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/140-yvonne-cheng-e9-84-ad-e7-91-9c-e8-8b-b1|#140]], both 2014-12-05) are bibliographic records only — full biography text stays at the source site, so no additional facts could be absorbed beyond the biography and tah-tables already mirrored above.
  • Family entries Joseph Letizia and Jessica Letizia have no vault pages; per no-new-pages rule they stay unlinked.
  • Her roster entry lives in the source hub |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org; no other vault person page currently references 鄭瑜英.

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