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 graduating from the Jette Parker Programme in 2017, Kim has built an impressive roster of international appearances, including Alfredo in La traviata in Cologne; Macduff in Macbeth at the Royal Opera House and Opernhaus Zürich; and Rodolfo in La bohème in Zürich, Stuttgart, English National Opera, and the Royal Opera House. He also sang Leone de Casaldi in the world premiere of Donizetti’s L’ange de Nisida in concert with Sir Mark Elder at the Royal Opera House—a performance later recorded and released by Opera Rara.
In the 2025–26 season, he makes his American debut as Macduff in Macbeth at Boston Lyric Opera under David Angus, and reprises the role of the Prince in Rusalka for Opéra de Limoges. In the 2024–25 season, Kim made his house debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Royal Swedish Opera, sang Rodolfo in La bohème for Seoul Metropolitan Opera, and performed Ruggero in La rondine at Volksoper Wien. He also made a last-minute jump-in appearance as the Prince in Rusalka at Staatsoper Stuttgart, earning critical praise. On the concert platform he performed Verdi’s Requiem with King’s College Choir, Cambridge, in a performance that was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Recent highlights include Alfredo in La traviata at Welsh National Opera; Rodolfo in La bohème at the Royal Opera House, Opernhaus Zürich, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Glyndebourne, Volksoper Wien, and English National Opera’s “Drive & Live” series at Alexandra Palace; the Prince in Rusalka at Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur; his role debut as Don Carlos at Staatsoper Stuttgart; Cavaradossi in Tosca at the South Facing Festival; and Macduff in Macbeth at both the Royal Opera House and Opernhaus Zürich. Other notable operatic appearances include the Prince (Rusalka) under Alan Gilbert with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg and in a new staging at Staatsoper Stuttgart; Italian Singer (Der Rosenkavalier) at Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile and the Royal Opera House; Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at Dorset Opera Festival; and Duca (Rigoletto) at Welsh National Opera.
On the concert platform, Kim sang the title role in La Damnation de Faust with Omroep Muziek under the baton of Karina Canellakis, was tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and made his BBC Proms debut with the BBC Philharmonic, also performing Verdi’s Requiem.
A graduate of Seoul National University, he made his professional debut as Rodolfo in La bohème, subsequently joining the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme from 2015–17. As a member of the JPYAP, his roles included 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).
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