Jaesung Kim

South Korean tenor Jaesung Kim is currently a soloist at Theater Heidelberg, where he showcases roles, such as Steva Jenufa, the title role in Werther, Macduff Macbeth, Lensky Eugene Onegin, Don José Carmen (open air at the Heidelberg Schloss). His new roles this season include Des Grieux Manon Lescaut, and the Italian Singer Der Rosenkavalier. His latest guest performances include Don José Carmen at the Maldybaev National Theater in Kyrgyzstan and take a role debut as Pinkerton Madama Butterfly at the Daejeon Arts Center in South Korea. His most recent role debut was Des Grieux in Puccinis Manon Lescaut in fall 2025 at Heidelberg Theatre.

He has also appeared as Macduff Macbeth at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, as Cassio Otello at Theater Mainz, and as Rodolfo La Bohème at the Lithuanian National Opera. He has also portrayed Don José at Schloss Weikersheim and participated in the Copenhagen Opera Festival. From 2021 to 2023, as a member of the Pfalztheater Opernstudio in Kaiserslautern, he sang roles such as Oronte Alcina, Tybalt Roméo et Juliette, Malcolm Macbeth, Zweiter Nazarener Salome, St. Brioche Die lustige Witwe, and Heinrich Tannhäuser.

Jaesung Kim completed his Konzertexamen (Meisterklasse) at Hochschule für Musik Mannheim. Prior to this, he earned his Master of Music degree from Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and his Bachelor’s degree from Changwon National University in South Korea. In Korea he sang his first opera roles Rodolfo La Bohème and Duca Rigoletto. He continues to refine his vocal artistry under the guidance of Mariella Devia, Renato Bruson, and Kirsten Schötteldreier.

In 2024, he was awarded the Audience Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Competition in Sweden. The previous year, he received a Special Prize at the Alcamo International Competition in Italy and won 3rd Prize at the Virgilijus Noreika Competition in Lithuania. He was also a finalist at both the Montserrat Caballe Competition and the Alfredo Kraus Competition, and won the Silver Prize at the Korea National Opera Competition.