Young Woo Kim
Young Woo Kim begins the 2026-27 Season continuing in performances as Siegfried Götterdämmerung at Lucerne Festival and at Paris Philharmonie in the collaboration between Dresden Music Festival, Concerto Cologne and Kent Nagano. He returns to his ensemble position at Oper Köln for two role debuts, one in the title role Les Contes d’Hoffmann and the other as Italian Singer Der Rosenkavalier, and in early Spring he travels to Dublin to perform the role of Calaf Turandot with Irish National Opera. A third role debut as McDuff Macbeth follows at Oper Köln, and he rejoins colleagues at Oper Frankfurt to revive the role of Radames Aida while also appearing in Vienna as Siegfried.
Recent successes include Don Jose Carmen at Opera Australia where he also sang Calaf for the first time; his debut in the roles of des Grieux Manon Lescaut and the title role Ernani at Oper Köln; and he returns to Oper Hamburg for further performances of Cavaradossi Tosca.
“The vocal standout is Young Woo Kim as Cavaradossi. Kim soars in a glorious, effortless tenor, with a top register so powerful you can feel the vibrations shimmer in the air around you. He is impressive in Act 3’s showstopper E lucevan le stelle (“And the stars were shining”), but particularly remarkable in Act 1, where his aria Recondita armonia (“Concealed harmony”) opens the opera with golden effect.” Chantal Nguyen, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 June, 2024
“Young Woo Kim’s Cavaradossi is heroic and passionate, his characters’ intensity matching the squillo brilliance and resonance of his vocal performance. He gives a particularly beautiful performance of ‘E lucevan le stelle’. Claira Prider, Theatre Thoughts, 28 June 2024
“Garsington’s real triumph is in the casting…The almost unsingable part of Bacchus often makes the last half hour feel like an endurance test, yet here with tirelessly ringing tone Young Woo Kim proves himself quite a revelation and a new heroic tenor to watch. He has appealing presence, too.” John Allison, The Telegraph, 19 June 2023
“… it was a double triumph for Young Woo Kim. It is fair to say that vibrant presence and ringing tenor voice attracted some of the most enthusiastic applause for the evening as he bookended the vocal component of each half of the program. His voice has a most appealing timbre and he was rock solid on the high notes. Particularly impressive was his passionate account of “Donna non vidi mai” from Manon Lescaut immediately after interval.” Heather Leviston, Classic Melbourne, 26 July, 2024
“Kim is a powerful new voice which will be heard in bigger houses…” Claudia Pritchard, Culture Whisper, 19 June, 2023.
“Young Woo Kim’s Tenor / Bacchus handles an unforgiving part well (Strauss famously did not like tenors and made it clear in his music). His dynamic outbursts once washed up on Naxos send a chill up the spine, piercing the still air in the auditorium.” Grace Richardson, London-Unattached, 19 June, 2023.
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