Jaeil Kim

Biography

South Korean tenor Jaeil Kim joined the ensemble of Theater Coburg in the 2022-2023 season. His roles have included 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, Mister X in the operetta Zirkusprinzessin, tenor solo in Honegger’s King David and Fred Graham/ Petruchio Kiss me, Kate. His new roles this season are Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi, Conte Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia and Steuermann Der fliegende Holländer.

In the summer 2022 he performed Tamino Die Zauberföte with Opernspiele Munot in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He appeared with Tiroler Festspielen in Erl as Besenbinder Königskinder. In his hometown Seoul he sang Alfredo La Traviata and Conte Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He performed Roberto Maria Stuarda at Mittelsächsischen Theater Freiberg and Ferrando Cosi fan tutte at Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg.

2017-2019 Jaeil Kim was a member of the opera studio at Oper Frankfurt and has continued to perform appear there as a guest. His repertoire in Frankfurt has included 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, a.o.

Jaeil Kim 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. His concert repertoire includes Bach’s Matthäus-Passion and Weihnachtsoratorium, Händel's Messiah, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, Haydn's Theresienmesse, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Bruckner‘s Messe Nr. 3 and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle.