Kathleen Kim

Kathleen Kim is an American operatic coloratura soprano. Her repertoire includes roles in operas by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi and Offenbach, among others, as well as in oratorios such as the ''Messiah'' and sacred works such as Mozart's '' Great Mass in C minor''.

Education

Kim is a graduate of the Ryan Opera Center of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. During her training, she appeared in various operatic roles, including Adele in ''Die Fledermaus'', the First Priestess in '' Iphigénie en Tauride'', the page in ''Rigoletto'', the milliner in ''Der Rosenkavalier'' and Frasquita in '' Carmen.'' Kim attended the Music Academy of the West in 2004.

Career

Kim made her début at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2007 as Barbarina in Mozart's '' The Marriage of Figaro'' and since then sang at the Met in the roles of Olympia in ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'', Zerbinetta in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', Oscar in ''Un ballo in maschera'', and Blonde in ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail''. She sang the role of Chiang Ch'ing in the Met's première of John Adams's ''Nixon in China'' in 2011 and the roles of Barbara and Mrs. Latch in the Met's world stage premiere of Kevin Puts's '' The Hours'' in 2022.Met Opera performance of ''The Hours'', 22 November 2022
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Since her professional début, Kim has sung with major opera companies in numerous theatres across the world, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Opéra de Lille.

Kim is an active presence on the concert stage, having been a soloist with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in works such as Mahler's Eighth Symphony and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Kim made several role débuts in 2011, including her first performance in the title role of Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor''. In 2012, Kim sang in a performance of Adams's ''Nixon in China'' at the BBC Proms, and also sang Mozart's Mass in C minor with the Oslo Philharmonic. In September 2015, she was appointed as a professor of Music College at Hanyang University.

Awards

Kim has been the recipient of many prizes and awards, including an award from the Sullivan Foundation in 2006, the Sarasota Opera Guild's Leo Rogers Scholarship and the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation's Rose Ann Grund Scholarship. She was the third-prize winner of the Mario Lanza Competition, a prize winner of the Liederkranz Competition, and a national finalist in the MacAllister Awards. At Music Academy of the West, she received the Encouragement Award of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Song Competition.

Repertoire

Kathleen Kim's repertoire includes the following operatic roles:

*Armida in Handel's '' Rinaldo'' at the Central City Opera House
*Blonde in Mozart's ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' at the Metropolitan Opera
*Chiang Ch'ing in John Adams's ''Nixon in China'' at the Metropolitan Opera and the Chicago Opera Theater
*La Fée in Massenet's '' Cendrillon'' at Opéra de Lille and the Metropolitan Opera
*Le Feu, la Princesse and le Rossignol in Ravel's ''L'enfant et les sortilèges'' at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
*Königin der Nacht in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte''
*Blonde in Mozart's ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' at Minnesota Opera
*Lucia in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' at Sarasota Opera
*Marie in Donizetti's ''La fille du régiment'' at the Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera in Bilbao
*Melissa in Handel's '' Amadigi di Gaula'' at the Central City Opera House
*Olympia in Offenbach's ''Les contes d'Hoffmann'' at the Metropolitan Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Bayerische Staatsoper
*Oscar in Verdi's ''Un ballo in maschera'' at the Metropolitan Opera and the San Diego Opera

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