American tenor Terrence Chin-Loy is a passionate performer and expressive storyteller. In the 2026–27 season, Terrence Chin-Loy will sing Pang in Turandot at both LA Opera and Dallas Opera, Pang and Male Courtier 2 in Turandot and Brett Dean’s Of One Blood, both at the Santa Fe Opera, cover the role of Thomas Havens in the world-premiere of Lincoln in the Bardo at the Metropolitan Opera, and in concert, join the Phoenix Symphony for Handel’s Messiah and the Boise Philharmonic for Bruckner’s Te Deum.

In the 2025–26 season, Terrence Chin-Loy made three role debuts, first as Rodolfo in La bohème with Madison Opera, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly with Arizona Opera, and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Berkshire Opera Festival. Elsewhere, he headlined Bozeman Symphony’s Christmas program, sang the role of Lucian in the world premiere of Lalovavi at Cincinnati Opera and Moses in Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses with Oakland Symphony. In the 2024–25 season, he made his European debut singing Gualtiero in Vivaldi’s Griselda with the Danish National Opera, returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for Cop 1 in Blue, sang Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Virginia Opera, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Opera Omaha and in concert, and Graf Albert in Die tote Stadt with Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Terrence is a graduate of Indiana University, where he received a Performer Diploma. He also holds degrees from Mannes College, and holds a BA in Music from Yale University, where his studies concentrated on Music Theory and Musicology.

Terrence Chin-Loy appears courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.

Photo by Jiyang Chen