Sharon Zhai is a Chinese-born Australian and Italian soprano. She graduated in Opera Performance from the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing before obtaining a Masters of Opera Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is currently a principal soprano for Opera Australia. 

She won the International Lieder competition “Mietta Song Recital Award” in 2004 in Melbourne and collected a plethora of prizes that included not only the Mietta travel scholarship, the O’Donnell Family Prize, but also awards for language tuition both at home and abroad (Italy, Germany and France). 

For Opera Australia, Sharon has covered the roles of Musetta in La Boheme, Margherite in Faust. In Opera Australia’s Carmen, she performed the role of Frasquita. She was the title role of Madama Butterfly in Opera Australia’s 2018 and 2019 Australian National Tour. 

Sharon has also performed in Opera Australia’s Great Opera Hits 2019–2021 concert series, promotional and fundraiser performances for Opera Australia Soprano soloist for Darwin Symphony Orchestra Opera Gala and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs singing Ode to Joy Fidelio, Beethoven in 2017. Aus-China Culture Ceremony and East Meets West-Lunar New Year’s Eve Gala concert 2018.