Further principal roles in his repertoire include Belcore (L’elisir d’amore) for ARE Opera, Schaunard (La bohème) for the Chautauqua Music Festival and the eponymous hero of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia for Opera Columbus. During his time at the Julliard School, he sang Le Fauteuil/​Arbre (L​’enfant et les sortilèges), Kuligin (Katya Kabanova), Minksman (Flight), Giove (La Calisto) and Presto (Les mamelles de Tirésias). Of his performance as Conte Almaviva in The Aspen Music Festival’s 2019 production of Le nozze di Figaro, the Aspen Times wrote ​“His frustration-venting aria in Act 3 was a miracle of vocal focus and controlled fury.” Further ahead, Zhang debuts at Opéra national de Paris as Chou En-lai in Valentina Carracso’s new staging of John Adams’ Nixon in China, conducted by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel.

In concert, Zhang has performed as soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Queens College Choral Society, Yellow River Cantata with New Jersey Festival Orchestra, both Mozart’s Requiem and Dvořák’s Te Deum with New York City Master Chorale and, most recently, as the title role in Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion with the Lanzhou Symphony, conducted by the composer himself.