Originally from Seoul, South Korea, tenor Duke Kim is currently at the Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera.
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He graduated from Seoul National University (BM) and is studying at Mannes School of Music (MM, full scholarship) with Diana Soviero. Also, he won 2nd prize in 2019 Career Bridges Competition and 3rd prize in 2019 Opera at Florham Vocal Competition in New York. He began his musical studies in Seoul, South Korea with Philip Kang, Kwangchul Youn and Gunyong Na. He received ‘Stephen De Maio Memorial Award’ in 2021 Gerda Lissner Foundation and was one of the finalists of 2017 Fiorenza Cossotto International Competition in Italy. Han was featured in a concert in Cinque Terre, Italy (2017), Osaka, Japan (2018), and in multiple concerts in Seoul, South Korea performed several operatic roles such as Don Giovanni ( Don Giovanni), Figaro ( Le Nozze di Figaro), Ford ( Falstaff), Masetto ( Don Giovanni) and Barone Douphol ( La Traviata). He had a successful opera debut as Don Giovanni in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni in Seoul, South Korea in 2017. Jongwon Han is a South Korean bass-baritone. The competition gained international fame with the release of the 2008 feature-length documentary The Audition, directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, which chronicled the 2007 National Council Auditions season and Grand Finals Concert.īiographies of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Finalists The auditions have been crucial in introducing many of today’s best-known stars, including Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Eric Owens, Stephanie Blythe, Hei-Kyung Hong, Sondra Radvanovsky, Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Fabiano, Latonia Moore, Lisette Oropesa, Jamie Barton, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nadine Sierra, and Ryan Speedo Green. The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, now in their 67th season, are a potentially career-making opportunity for aspiring opera singers, given the reach of the auditions, the number of applicants, and the program’s long tradition. More than $250,000 in prize money has already been awarded at the District and Regional rounds. These auditions are sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera National Council, including National Council members and hundreds of volunteers from across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. To ensure safety and access for all involved, the auditions this season have taken place in a remote, live-streamed format from locations around the world. Of the 141 singers in the 10 Regional rounds, 23 were named semifinalists.
This season, the National Council Auditions received nearly 1,200 applicants, with just over 600 singers qualifying for the 31 District Auditions.
The Grand Finals will also be available to view on demand for 48 hours after the live event.
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Registration is free and required to view the Grand Finals Concert to register, visit /metopera. Captions will be available for the spoken portions of the event. The concert will be hosted by bass Ryan Speedo Green, a 2011 National Council Auditions winner. The finalists, chosen by a panel of opera administrators from the Met and other companies, will each sing two arias. The singers will perform virtually from locations around the world, for an audience of judges, industry leaders, and the general public. The winners will receive individual cash prizes of $20,000, and the remaining finalists will receive $10,000. New York, NY (May 9, 2021)-Following today’s semifinal competition, ten singers have advanced to the final round of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2021 National Council Auditions -the Grand Finals Concert, which will be streamed live on Sunday, May 16, at 3pm ET. Winners will receive individual cash prizes of $20,000 and invaluable exposure in the opera world Finalists to compete at the live-streamed, public Grand Finals Concert on Sunday, May 16, at 3pm ET
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