Jodie Kim
Tenor
Jongwoo Kim
About Me
The young tenor Jongwoo Kim comes from South Korea, where he successfully completed his bachelor's degree in singing at Yonsei University in 2019. Since then he has graduated with top marks in 2022 for his Master's degree with
Prof. Siegfried Gohritz at the 'Franz Liszt Music Hochschule' in Weimar and is currently studying for a PhD.
Jongwoo Kim already successfully participated in national and international competitions during his student days. In 2012 he won three prizes in Seoul, including 1st prize at the "Shinhye Music Competition", the Special Award Excellent Performance at the "National Student Music Competition", and 2nd prize at the "International Music Arts Association Music Competition". . In 2018 he also secured 1st prize at the 37th "The Music Association of Korea Competition".
In 2019 he also took part in the New Voices in Gütersloh and the Practical Training Course of Opera Classes at the Hanover State Opera.
Jongwoo Kim made his debut with <Don Jose> from the opera 'Carmen' at the Ettlingen Castle Festival in July 2022. In April 2023, he played <Alfred> in the opera 'Die Fledermaus' held at the Hallesaal in Weimar.
In July 2023, he appeared as <Faust> in the grand opera 'La Damnation de Faust' at the Erfurt Domstufen Festival.
In October 2023, he played the role of <Rodolfo> in 'La Bohème', which was performed at the Hagen Theater in Germany.
In June 2024, he will once again take on the role of <Rodolfo> in 'La Bohème' at the Staatsoperette Dresden, and in September 2024, he will take on the role of <Don Jose> in the opera 'Carmen' at the Hagen Theater in Germany.
He is scheduled to sing <Rodolfo> from the opera 'La Bohème' at the Erfurt Dom Festival in July 2025, and <Alfredo> from the opera 'La Traviata' at the summer festival hosted by Garsington Opera in June 2026.
Upcoming
Oper 'La Boheme' / Oper 'Carmen'
The role of <Rodolfo> in the opera 'La Boheme'
https://www.staatsoperette.de/spielplan/a-z/la-boheme/
2024.06.01 - 2025.04.12
The role of <Don Jose> in the opera 'Carmen'
https://www.theaterhagen.de/veranstaltung/carmen-1778/9167/show/Play/
2024.09.14 - 2025.02.20
Repertoire
Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schon from ‘Die Zauberflöte‘ / W. A. Mozart
Un‘aura amorosa from ‘Cosi fan tutte’ / W. A. Mozart
Dall sua pace from ‘Don Giovanni’ / W. A. Mozart
Il mio Tesoro in tanto from ‘Don Giovanni’ / W. A. Mozart
Spirto gentil from ‘La Favorita’ / G.Donizetti
Povero Ernesto from ‘Don Pasquale’ / G.Donizetti
Quando e bella from ‘L‘elisir d’amore‘ / G.Donizetti
Una furtiva lagrima from ‘L‘elisir d’amore‘/ G.Donizetti
Fra poco a me ricovero from ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ / G.Donizetti
Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali from ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ / G.Donizetti
Angelo casto e bel from ‘Il duca d’Alba’ / G.Donizetti
Ah! mes amis, quell jour de fete from ‘La Fille Du Regiment’ / G.Donizetti
Lunge da lei from from ‘la traviata‘ / G. Verdi
Parmi veder le lagrime from ’Rigoletto‘/ G. Verdi
La donna e mobile from ’Rigoletto‘/ G. Verdi
Questa o Quella from ’Rigoletto‘/ G. Verdi
Ah, la paterna mano from ‘Macbeth’ / G. Verdi
Ingemisco from ‘Requiem’ / G.Verdi
Addio, fiorito asil from ’Madame Butterfly’/ G. Puccini
Recondita armonia from ’Tosca’ / G. Puccini
E lucevan le stelle from ’Tosca‘/ G. Puccini
Che gelida manina from ’La Boheme‘/ G. Puccini
Chella mi creda liebero e lontano from ’La Fanciulla del West‘/ G. Puccini
Avete torto from ‘Gianni schichi’ / G. Puccini
Mamma quel vino e generoso from ‘cavalleria rusticana’ / P. Mascagni
Il lamento di Federico from ‘L'Arlesiana’ / F. Cilea
Di rigori armato from ‘Der Rosenkavalier / R.Strauss
O paradise from ‘L'Africaine’ / G.Meyerbeer
Cielo e mar from ‘La Gioconda‘ / G.Ponchielli
O freund ich werde sie nicht wiedersehen from ’Die tote Stadt‘ / E.W.Korngold
Lenski’s Aria from ‘Eugene Onegin‘ / P.I.Tchaikovsky
Nature immense from’ La Damnation de Faust’ / H.Berlioz
La fleur que tu mavais jetee from ‘Carmen’ / G.Bizet
Ah! leve toi soleil from ‘Romeo et Juliette’ / C.Gounod
Salut, demeure chaste et pure from ‘Faust’ / C.Gounod
Ah! fuyez douce image from ‘Manon’ / J. Massenet
O souverain, O juge, O pere from ‘Le cid’ / J. Massenet
Pourquoi me reveiller from ‘Werther’ / J. Massenet
Domine Deus from ‘Petite Messe Solennelle’ / G. Rossini
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from ’Landes Lächelns‘ / F.Lehar
Freunde das Leben ist Lebenswert from ’Giuditta‘ / F.Lehar