Jaeil Kim

Biography

South Korean tenor Jaeil Kim joined the ensemble of Theater Coburg in the autumn 2022. He has performed Conte Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni,Tamino in children’s Zauberflöte, Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor, Malcolm Macbeth, Prince Gvidon The Golden Cockerel, Camille de Rosillon Die lustige Witwe, Steuermann Der fliegende Holländer, Mister X in the operetta Zirkusprinzessin, the tenor solo in Honegger’s King David and Fred Graham/ Petruchio Kiss me Kate. This season he is making his role debuts as Nemorino L'elisir d'amore, Narraboth Salome, Rodolfo La Bohème and Herzog Guido Eine Nacht in Venedig.

Last season, as a guest at Oper Frankfurt, he performed the role of Oleander in Aribert Reimann's Melusine. In 2022 he made his debut as Tamino Die Zauberföte with Opernspiele Munot in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He has appeared with Tiroler Festspielen in Erl as Besenbinder Königskinder. In his hometown Seoul he has sung Alfredo La Traviata and Conte Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He made his role debut as Roberto Maria Stuarda at Mittelsächsischen Theater Freiberg and as Ferrando Cosi fan tutte with Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg.

A sought-after concert soloist, Jaeil Kim has a broad repertoire including J.S.Bach’s Matthäus-Passion and Weihnachtsoratorium, C.Ph.E. Bach's Magnificat, Händel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, Haydn's Theresienmesse, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Bruckner‘s Messe Nr. 3, Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, Frank Martin's Golgotha, Franz von Suppé's Requiem and Mendelssohn's Elias.

From 2017 until 2019, as a member of the opera studio at Oper Frankfurt, he performed Tamino, Conte Almaviva, Belmonte and Pedrillo in children’s Zauberflöte, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Die Entführung aus dem Serail, 3.Jude Salome, Roderigo Otello, Thibault Les Vêpres siciliennes, Remendado Carmen, Il maestro di ballo Manon Lescaut, Poisson Adriana Lecouvreur, Tinca and Amante Il Tabarro, Hirt Daphne, Besenbinder Königskinder, 2.Schäfer Daphne, Kedrill/ Schauspieler Aus einem Totenhaus, Eurymachos in Dallapiccola’s Ulisse. He studied acting before his vocal studies at Hanyang University Seoul and at Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He obtained his Master’s degree in 2017. In student productions he sang Ippolito in Paisiello‘s Der eingebildete Sokrates, Eurimaco in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Karpati in Jost‘s Die arabische Nacht and Dancairo Carmen.