Dr. Jietong Fu is a lyric tenor from Xiamen, China. He came to the United States in 2019 and earned his Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree from Texas Tech University in 2022. He also holds a Graduate Performance Diploma in Voice Performance from the Peabody Conservatory.
As a performer, Dr. Fu has sung operas and cantatas in renowned venues across Asia and the United States, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Minnan Grand Theater, Fujian Grand Theater, Petronas Philharmonic Hall in Kuala Lumpur, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in Singapore, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Brunish Theater in Portland and the Lubbock Civic Center in Texas. His operatic roles include Kamegoro in Shizue: An American Story, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, and Alfred in Die Fledermaus. He has also appeared as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and Rachmaninoff’s Vespers.
As a teacher, Dr. Fu has provided voice instruction to undergraduate students at Xiamen University and Texas Tech University and has directed scenes from several Mozart operas. He served as a Lyric Diction Tutor at the Peabody Conservatory, guiding both undergraduate and graduate students in operatic diction in German, French, Italian and English. He currently resides in Baltimore with his wife, pianist Dr. Xin Wu, where they focus on teaching and performing classical music.