Hongrui Ren
Bio
Hongrui Ren is a Chinese tenor praised for his “liquid tone and good agility” (Opera News). He holds a Master of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In the summer of 2026, he was selected for the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program. Recent engagements include Zefirino/Gelsomino in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims with Opera Philadelphia, Faust in Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, and Flute in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He was also selected for the Solti Accademia, which concluded with a gala performance at the Hungarian State Opera House. Other appearances include Rodolfo in La bohème and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto as a Festival Napa Valley Artist, The Father in Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, Monsieur Lacouf in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, and the Quintet from Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. In September 2026, he joined Mascarade Opera as an Emerging Artist.
