Xiuwei Sun was born in China. Her repertoire includes the title role in Turandot, Suor Angelica and Tosca (Puccini), Abigaille in Nabucco, Odabella in Attila, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Verdi), Senta in Die fliegende Hollander, Elisabeth in Tannhauser (Wagner), the title role in Salome (R. Strauss), the title role in La Gioconda (Ponchielli) and many others including the role of Huniu in the Chinese opera Rickshaw Boy (Guo Wenjing). She performs in the opera houses of China as well as in the Arena di Verona and the opera houses of Washington, Rome, Florence, Berlin, Helsinki, Seville, Oslo, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vienna, Stuttgart, Zurich and others. 

Her roles at the Israeli Opera:
Madama Butterfly: Cio Cio San (2017)