Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Wan-Ting Yu, born in Taiwan, is an accomplished collaborative pianist and double bassist whose versatile artistry spans chamber, orchestral, and operatic performance. She holds degrees in piano and double bass performance from National Taiwan Normal University and Taipei National University of the Arts and is currently a doctorate candidate in Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University. Yu has performed internationally across Europe, Asia, and the Americas and has collaborated with prestigious festivals such as the Prince Claus Conservatory in the Netherlands, the Arcada Festival in Portugal, and the “Lan Yang” Double Bass Summer Camp in Taiwan. She has also contributed to three CD albums by acclaimed double bassist Catalin Rotaru.

Yu’s passion for opera has led her to serve as a rehearsal pianist for Arizona Opera’s productions of Zorro and Mozart’s The Secret Gardener, as well as Hansel and Gretel and Sanctuary and Storm at Arizona State University. She has also performed as a double bassist with Valley Opera in La Traviata and Carmen. From 2015 to 2020, she was a member of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and is currently active playing with the Phoenix Symphony and various chamber ensembles throughout Arizona. In 2022, she was featured as a soloist with the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Chamber Orchestra in Moscow and has presented double bass masterclasses at major international festivals including the Biarritz International Bass Academy in France, the “Grzegorz Olkiewicz” International Music Festival in Poland, and the International Double Bass Festival in China. In 2024, she earned a Guinness World Record for participating in the world’s largest double bass ensemble.