Melody Sze was born in Hong Kong. She obtained her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University (MSU) and Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Dr. Sze also holds a Professional Diploma in Western Opera from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) and Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with honors from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was a recipient of a number of scholarships, including the Michigan State University Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Hong Kong Arts Development Council Scholarship, the Bernard Van Zuiden Music Fund, Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund as well as HKAPA full tuition scholarship. She was a winner in NATS Michigan audition Advanced Men and Women.

Dr. Sze has been one of the most active performing singers in the city. Her operatic career highlights include; singing the leading role Zheng Yi Sao in The Legend of Zhang Baozai at the Shanghai Grand Theatre as part of the World Expo 2010, the title role of Carmen and the leading role Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors produced by Musica Viva. Other overseas engagements include; Grand Rapids Opera (USA) production of Bizet’s Carmen as Mercédès, at Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts as the Second Lady in Magic Flute, as well as Macao International Music Festival production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica as The Nursing Sister.   

She has also taken principle roles in Rossini’s Cinderella (La Cenerentola) as Cinderella, De Falla’s El Retablo de Maese Pedro as The Boy, Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas as Paula, Mozart’s Don Giovanni as Elvira, Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann as Nicklausse, Britten’s Turn of the Screw as Mrs. Grose, Smetana’s The Bartered Bride as Ludmilla, and the Opera Hong Kong productions of Verdi’s La Traviata as Flora , Bizet’s Carmen as Mercédès, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette as Stephano, Massenet’s Manon as Javotte, and Hong Kong International Opera Production of Gounod’s Faust as Siebel, La Fille du Régiment as Marquise, City Opera’s Orphée aux enfers  as Juno, La Vie Parisienne  as Louise, La Veuve Joyeuse as Manon.

Besides operas, Dr. Sze has performed actively as a concert soloist, her repertoire includes; Mahler’s Song of a Wayfarer and Symphony No.8, Bach’s Magnificat, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse, Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio, McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, Mozart’s Requiem, Schubert’s Mass in Ab and Magnificat in C, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria (RV 588 and RV 589), Imant Ramish’s Magnificat, De Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, Schnittke’s Requiem, and a number of other major vocal works.

For musical theatre, Dr. Sze has performed the role of Éponine in the Les Misérables for staged production and concerts four times. She also performed Fantine (Les Misérables), Mrs Potiphar (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), and the leading role Susan (Boys and Girls – Cantonese musical).

Being enthusiastic about education in recent years, she regularly holds student concerts, and judges in various competitions, including the ” HK Students Open Music Competition”, “Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival”, “Osaka International Music Festival” etc. Her students are frequent winners of competitions, and always perform outstandingly in concerts and examinations. They have been casted in large-scale operas, musicals and as soloists in orchestral concerts. This all depends on Dr Sze’s extensive performance experience and effective musical interpretations, as well as accurate pronunciation training for various languages.

Dr Sze currently teaches at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Baptist University of Hong Kong. Her past teaching positions included the University of Hong Kong, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Children’s Choir, Yip’s Children Choir, and Macao Children’s Choir.

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