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      Singing internationally in the US, Canada, Israel, Austria, and China; appearing in opera, concert, oratorio; soloist at Carnegie Hall, dramatic baritone Jin Yu has brought his musical, vocal and dramatic skill, thrilling audiences and critics alike. From Bluebeard and Sparafucile to Don Alfonso and Count Almaviva, from Escamillo and Marcello to Gianni Schicchi, Jin Yu has sung over thirty roles, his dramatic interpretation and vocal agility make him equally at home as the villain, the romantic lead and the comic anti-hero. A towering presence in Handel and sacred music, to Mozart and Verismo, Jin Yu’s vocal and theatrical versatility is only matched by the Herculean size of his voice. With appearances operas in Chinese as well, Jin Yu is the face of the new internationalism and versatility of the lyric art.