Opera repertoire
Donizetti
Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor*
Tonio La fille du regiment
Gounod
Roméo Roméo et Juliette*
Puccini
Rodolfo La bohème
Pong Turandot
R. Strauss
Italian Singer Der Rosenkavalier
Verdi
Macduff Macbeth
Duke of Mantua Rigoletto*
*In preparation
Arts Desk"The top purely vocal thrill of the evening came from former Royal Opera Jette Parker Young Artist David Junghoon Kim (pictured left), the bright Verdi tenor [came] to... life, nuanced, subtle in piano, searingly intense at full pelt, making an absolute dream of the opera’s best-known aria, best known in the Italian as “Quando le sere al placido”."
Arts Desk"As for Kennedy himself, the stately Korean tenor David Junghoon Kim dispatches his difficult but well-trodden music with considerable brilliance, while managing to look a very plausible US President…enjoyed very much his ease of delivery and flexibility of tone."
Opera Today"...this was a tremendous performance which revealed a sure sense of bel canto idiom and a powerful tenor with plenty of penetrating presence. His phrasing was elegant, from his first avowals of love to his bitter rejection of the King...The tenor went from strength to strength, growing in dramatic confidence as the action progressed."