Ziyi Dai and Angela Brower in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Photo by Fabrizio Sansone

The 29-year-old Chinese soprano Ziyi Dai, who was trained both in Beijing and in the United States, joined the Zurich Opera studio in 2020 where she sang roles like Comtesse Adele in Le comte Ory and Zerlina.

With performances in Prague, Zurich, Rome, and soon in Salzburg, Zerbinetta has become a signature role for her. Today’s Grand Tier Grab Bag features her in this very part in a performance recorded in Rome in March.

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, “Großmachtige Prinzessin”

Ziyi Dai

Conductor: Maxime Pascal
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
1 March 2026
Broadcast