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David Junghoon Kim

Tenor

  • An alumnus of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, Korean tenor David Junghoon Kim is the winner of the much-coveted Francisco Viñas, Voci Verdiane and Toulouse singing competitions. Since his graduation from the programme in 2017, Kim has made a series of notables debuts and appearances: Alfredo in a new production of La traviata in Cologne, Macduff Macbeth at the Royal Opera House, Roméo Roméo et Juliette at Grange Park Opera and Leone de Casaldi in concert performances of the world premiere of Donizetti’s L’ange de Nisida with Sir Mark Elder at the Royal Opera House, recorded and later released by Opera Rara.

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  • This upcoming season sees Kim makes further house debuts as Macduff Macbeth at Opernhaus Zürich, Rodolfo La bohème at Oper Stuttgart and Italian Singer Der Rosenkavalier at Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile. He also sings his first Verdi Requiem with the Oslo Philharmonic and Jun Märkl.


    Over the two years at the programme he was heard as the Italian Singer Der Rosenkavalier, Venditore Il tabarro, Arturo Lucia di Lammermoor (also covering Edgardo), Ruiz Il trovatore, Flavio Norma, Nathanael Les contes d’Hoffmann, Lamplighter Manon Lescaut, Gastone La traviata, Augustin Moser Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Count Lerma and Herald Don Carlo and Pong Turandot.


    A graduate of the Seoul National University, he made his professional debut as Rodolfo La bohème and subsequently joined the Royal Opera House in September 2015.

    2018-2019 season / 232 words. Not to be altered without permission.

Performances

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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

The show-off triumph of the evening belonged to Korean tenor David Junghoon Kim. Musicality and the high notes just pour out of him, and his sensitivity in plangent moments was authentically Italianate, too

Arts Desk

David Junghoon Kim, an impressive Ruiz in the new Trovatore, quickly established himself as a natural actor with an attractive tone as Kudrjáš.

Bachtrack

David Junghoon Kim was an ebullient and strongly characterised Kudrjáš.

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Marin Alsop

Matthew Aucoin

Fabio Biondi

Michael Boder

Martyn Brabbins

Baldur Brönnimann

Nicholas Collon

Brett Dean

Richard Egarr

Andrei Feher

Thierry Fischer

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Ben Gernon

HK Gruber

Giancarlo Guerrero

Simon Halsey

Charles Hazlewood

Antony Hermus

Leo Hussain

Marek Janowski

Alexander Joel

Leonidas Kavakos

Emmanuel Krivine

Jesús López Cobos (1940–2018)

Sir James MacMillan

Andrew Manze

Geoffrey Paterson

Valentina Peleggi

Ingo Metzmacher

Jamie Phillips

Evelino Pidò

Carlos Miguel Prieto

Lahav Shani

Vassily Sinaisky

Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1923–2017)

Gilbert Varga

Joshua Weilerstein

Mark Wigglesworth

John Wilson

Ryan Bancroft

Alexei Ogrintchouk

Chloé van Soeterstède

Piano

Sergei Babayan

Martin James Bartlett

Richard Egarr

Kirill Gerstein

Boris Giltburg

Richard Goode

Andreas Haefliger

George Li

Francesco Piemontesi

Louis Schwizgebel

Lahav Shani

Daniil Trifonov

Organ

Thierry Escaich

Violin

Kristóf Baráti

Benjamin Beilman

Noah Bendix-Balgley

Fabio Biondi

Renaud Capuçon

James Ehnes

Leonidas Kavakos

Midori

Ning Feng

Viola

Brett Dean

James Ehnes

Antoine Tamestit

Cello

Narek Hakhnazaryan

Mischa Maisky

Kian Soltani

Guitar

Rafael Aguirre

Oboe

Alexei Ogrintchouk

Clarinet

Mark Simpson

Percussion

Colin Currie

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Calder Quartet

Colin Currie Group

The King's Singers

Pavel Haas Quartet

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Composer

Matthew Aucoin

Brett Dean

Thierry Escaich

HK Gruber

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016)

Michel van der Aa

Chansonnier

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Soprano

Mary Bevan

Vlada Borovko

Inger Dam-Jensen

Lise Davidsen

Danielle de Niese

Claire de Sévigné

Nora Fischer

Sofia Fomina

Joélle Harvey

Susanna Hurrell

Solveig Kringelborn

Lise Lindstrom

Rhian Lois

Eri Nakamura

Natalia Tanasii

Iréne Theorin

Nardus Williams

Jessica Aszodi

Natalya Romaniw

Ingela Brimberg

Mezzo-soprano

Patricia Bardon

Susan Bickley

Rebecca de Pont Davies

Ruxandra Donose

Marta Fontanals-Simmons

Dame Felicity Palmer

Wallis Giunta

Marianne Beate Kielland

Hongni Wu

Kai Rüütel

Pamela Helen Stephen

Rachael Wilson

Dolora Zajick

Angela Brower

Counter-tenor

Tim Mead

Tenor

Thomas Atkins

David Butt Philip

Leonardo Capalbo

Luis Chapa

Michael Colvin

Freddie De Tommaso

Anthony Gregory

Thomas Hobbs

David Junghoon Kim

Gregory Kunde

Jamez McCorkle

Bryan Register

Baritone

Russell Braun

Jacques Imbrailo

Michael Mayes

Leigh Melrose

Huw Montague Rendall

Hubert Zapiór

Christopher Purves

Bass-baritone

Craig Colclough

Gidon Saks

Kostas Smoriginas

Sir Willard White

Bass

Matthew Best

Simon Shibambu

Christophoros Stamboglis

Choir

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Stage director

David Alden

Andreas Homoki

Mariusz Treliński

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles

Masterclass

Dame Felicity Palmer

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