Baritone Albert Lim attained his Postgraduate Diploma in Performance and Postgraduate Certificate in Performance with Distinction at the Royal College of Music, after completing his Bachelor Degree in Music (Honours) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), where he received a number of scholarships.
Lim has appeared as guest soloist in concerts with the Hong Kong Bach Choir, the Hong Kong Oratorio Society, Die Konzertisten, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, including J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion and St John Passion, Mozart’s C minor Mass, Fauré’s Requiem in D minor, and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle.
Lim has also performed in numerous roles in many opera productions. In April 2007, he was invited by the Shanghai Opera House to sing the role of El Dancaïro in Bizet’s Carmen under the baton of Michel Plasson. He sang in many productions by Opera Hong Kong including Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (Gregorio), Massenet’s Werther (Johann), Huang Ruo’s Sun Yat-sen (Ume), Bizet’s Carmen (Dancairo) & (Escamillo), and A Love Insight – Roméo et Juliette (Mercutio), Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (Malatesta) and also productions by Musica Viva including The Legend of Zhang Baozai (Sun Quan Mou) and Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Belcore).
Lim is currently a Vocal Lecturer at HKAPA and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Choir Conductor at the Hong Kong Children’s Choir and was appointed Assistant Chorus Master at Opera Hong Kong.
