M Y       S H O W S

Wu Poh Yin, PBS, CNA, is a disciple of Mrs Joanna Wong, BBM, JP, from the Chinese Theatre Circle, and she has been trained in the performance arts of Chinese opera for more than 20 years.

Over the years, Wu Poh Yin has performed over hundreds of opera acts in Singapore and 9 other countires including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Romania and United Stated of America, with an international viewership of over millions of audience.

Under the auspices of the National Arts Council and her opera troupe, she has the opportunity to visit many schools and educational institutions in Singapore, presenting demonstrations and performances of Chinese Opera to thousands of students since 1995.

In 15 October 1999, she was among the first group of opera artistes who presented a charity Opera "Madam White Snake" at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant in aid of the Dover park Hospice with dialogue and singing in English, the first of its kind in Singapore.

Her most recent break-through performance was casting the Green Snake in the Malay-version of the Opera excerpt "Picking the Bracelet" at Jubilee Hall on 25 August 2001, creating a pioneer in the Opera history in Singapore. The show was so successful that it attracted immediate attention from the government, mass media coverage and the supports from the Malay community.

Performance List

Name of PerformanceCantoneseMandarinEnglishMalay
The Romance of Red Pear FlowerJ   
The Ungrateful GeneralJ   
The Patrotic PrincessJ   
Farewell To A WarriorJ   
Strange EncounterJ   
Heroes Of The Yang FamilyJ   
Romance In WarJ   
For Love Or For WarJ   
To Woo A PrincessJ   
The Two HeroesJ   
Goddess Of LokJ   
The Witty MaidJ   
Dream Of The Red ChamberJ   
Summer SnowJ   
The Black InnJ   
Meeting at Hua TianJ   
Precious Lotus LanternJ   
Choosing the Son-in-LawJ   
A Costly ImpulseJ   
Princess Bai HuaJ   
The Great Emperor Of ChinaJ   
Guo Zi Yi's BirthdayJ   
Madam White Snake JJ 
The Patrotic Princess (Excerpt)J   
Rescue of Xiao QingJJJJ
Picking the BraceletJ  J
Tragedy of An EmperorJ J 


Wu Poh Yin (Princess Zhao Ren) in the act "The Patriotic Princess".


Wu Poh Yin (The Green Snake, right) in the show "Chinese Opera in Malay".


Wu Poh Yin (The Green Snake, left) in the scene "Rescue of the Green Snake".


Copyright © 2001-2002. Wu Poh Yin.