Award-winning Australian soprano Cathy-Di Zhang has performed extensively with Opera Australia as well as for Victorian Opera and the State Opera of South Australia. She has sung with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Perth Symphonic Chorus and as a soloist with orchestras and chamber groups throughout Europe and Asia.

In this conversation, Cathy-Di reflects on her somewhat unconventional journey to the profession, and opens up about navigating life as an artist. From lockdowns and love stories, to rediscovering her voice back home in Australia, she shares her delight in pushing artistic boundaries through projects like Opera Up Late and The Butterfly Lovers, and her belief that music should always have soul, playfulness, and heart.

Cathy-Di Zhang joins the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for Brahms’s A German Requiem at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday, October 25.