Mr. Gong's performances in the 2000-2001 season include the Verdi Requiem with Mobile Opera; and the Bonze in Madama Butterfly with the Dallas Opera. His recent performances include the Dvorák Stabat Mater with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon; Colline in La Bohčme with New York City Opera; Oroveso in Norma with Opera Memphis and the world premiere of Guo Wenjing's Night Banquet with the Hong Kong Arts Festival. His operatic experience includes Colline in La Bohčme with the Vienna Staatsoper; Ramfis in Aida with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Oper der Stadt Köln; Procida in I Vespri Siciliani with Opéra de Nice; the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos with Opéra de Lyon; Philip II in Don Carlo with Kentucky Opera; Sparafucile in Rigoletto with the Bilbao Opera; and Timur in Turandot with Opera Company of Philadelphia. Mr. Gong has made a specialty of the role of Kublai Khan in Tan Dun's Marco Polo: he can be heard on the Sony Classics recording of the piece, and has sung the opera in Munich, Amsterdam, Turin, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and London.
