Young Woo Kim
With 27 performances of Cavaradossi Tosca under his belt at the end of last season, in 2024-25 South Korean tenor, Young Woo Kim, returns to the role at Staatsoper Hamburg and Deutsche Oper am Rhein. He appears at Oper Frankfurt in the role of Radames Aida and at Oper Köln, where he is a member of the ensemble, he sings the role of Ismaele Nabucco and Don Jose Carmen.
Recent highlights include his debut as Bacchus Ariadne auf Naxos at Garsington Opera, Radames at Theater Bielefeld, Erik Der fliegende Holländer at Die Felsenbühne Festspiele and at Oper Köln, Don Jose at Staatsoper Hannover, Cavaradossi at Oper Hamburg, at Oper Köln and with Australian Opera in 2024.
Other principal roles in Köln include Hylas Les Troyens, the title role Faust, Don Jose, Siegmund Die Walkure fur jung und alt, and Hoffegut Die Vögel.
“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
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/ariadne-auf-naxos-garsington-review/
“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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