After graduating from The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts with distinction, Oliver Lo received scholarships to study at the Eastman School of Music, where he became one of the first Hong-Kong-Born Chinese to receive a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance. Prof Lo has been a full-time teaching staff at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 2005, and is currently holding the post of Adjunct Associate Professor in Humanities. He was also tenured Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Opera Theatre at East Tennessee State University in USA. Some of his operatic roles include Basilio and Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro, Jacquino in Fidelio, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, and Roméo in Roméo et Juliet.