Alex Kim
tenor
Biography
South Korean Alex Kim was an ensemble member at the Staatstheater Meiningen from 2019 until 2024. His repertoire there included Rodolfo La bohème, Ruggero Il rondine, Don José Carmen, Narraboth Salome, Matteo Arabella, Herzog Guido Eine Nacht in Venedig, Erik Der fliegende Holländer, Ivan IV in Bizet's Igor, the title role of Werther, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, Alfred Die Fledermaus and Erik Gespenster.
Most recently Alex Kim has performed Alfredo La Traviata for the Korean National Opera and Nationaltheater Mannheim as well as Rodolfo La bohème with Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. He participated in an operetta gala concert with Staatstheater Cottbus and performed the title role in a new Korean opera Tcheo Yong in Seoul, Paris and Vienna.
As an ensemble member at the Staatstheater Nürnberg in the 2017/2018 season, he performed Alfredo La Traviata, Rodolfo La bohème, Iopas/ Hélénus Les Troyens, Cassio Otello, Camille de Rosillon Die lustige Witwe, Eumete Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Arbace Idomeneo.
Alex Kim appeared as Alfredo in 2017 with PromFest in Estonia, a role he also sang at the IBK Hall in Seoul, the Daegu Art Center and the Schlossfestspiele Sondershausen. He sang Duca Rigoletto at the Verdi Festival in Busseto in 2015. He has performed roles such as Nemorino L’Elisir d’Amore, Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo La bohème, Tamino Die Zauberflöte, Ferrando Cosi fan tutte at various South Korean venues, including the Korean National Opera, the Knua Theatre in Seoul, and the Gwangju Theatre.
At the BOZAR concert hall in Brussels, he sang the tenor solo in Verdi’s Requiem with the Brussels Choral Society, the Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn and the Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles, conducted by Eric Delson.
Alex Kim graduated in 2014 with a Master’s degree from Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, performing the role of Tamino Die Zauberflöte. He made his debut at the Staatsoper Hamburg in 2016 as Eurymedes in Telemann’s Orpheus, followed by Zweiter Nazarener Salome, Die Stimme des Jünglings Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Junger Seemann/ Hirt Tristan und Isolde, under the baton of Kent Nagano. He participated in a tour with Staatsoper Hamburg in Bogota.
Most recently Alex Kim has performed Alfredo La Traviata for the Korean National Opera and Nationaltheater Mannheim as well as Rodolfo La bohème with Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. He participated in an operetta gala concert with Staatstheater Cottbus and performed the title role in a new Korean opera Tcheo Yong in Seoul, Paris and Vienna.
As an ensemble member at the Staatstheater Nürnberg in the 2017/2018 season, he performed Alfredo La Traviata, Rodolfo La bohème, Iopas/ Hélénus Les Troyens, Cassio Otello, Camille de Rosillon Die lustige Witwe, Eumete Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Arbace Idomeneo.
Alex Kim appeared as Alfredo in 2017 with PromFest in Estonia, a role he also sang at the IBK Hall in Seoul, the Daegu Art Center and the Schlossfestspiele Sondershausen. He sang Duca Rigoletto at the Verdi Festival in Busseto in 2015. He has performed roles such as Nemorino L’Elisir d’Amore, Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo La bohème, Tamino Die Zauberflöte, Ferrando Cosi fan tutte at various South Korean venues, including the Korean National Opera, the Knua Theatre in Seoul, and the Gwangju Theatre.
At the BOZAR concert hall in Brussels, he sang the tenor solo in Verdi’s Requiem with the Brussels Choral Society, the Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn and the Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles, conducted by Eric Delson.
Alex Kim graduated in 2014 with a Master’s degree from Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, performing the role of Tamino Die Zauberflöte. He made his debut at the Staatsoper Hamburg in 2016 as Eurymedes in Telemann’s Orpheus, followed by Zweiter Nazarener Salome, Die Stimme des Jünglings Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Junger Seemann/ Hirt Tristan und Isolde, under the baton of Kent Nagano. He participated in a tour with Staatsoper Hamburg in Bogota.
A prizewinner of numerous competitions, he won 1st prize Deutsches Fach at the "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Competition 2018, 1st prize at the Berliner International Music Competition 2017, 2nd prize at the "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Competition" 2016, 1st prize at the Klaudia Taev competition 2015, 3rd prize at the Voci Verdiane 2015, 1st prize at the Maritim Wettbewerb 2014, 2nd prize at the Magda Olivero Competition 2014, and the Luciano Pavarotti Prize at the Marcello Giordani Competition 2013.