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== Youth and training ==
== Youth and training ==
Youn was born in [[Cheongju]]<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> as the child of parents who were farmers. He first attended trained to be an architect, but then turned to voice studies at Cheongju University.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />
Youn was born in [[Cheongju]] as the child of parents who were farmers. He grew up without electricity until he was twelve years old and first attended {{Ill|Beruf Schule|de}}. At the age of seventeen, he noticed the extraordinary richness of his voice and began singing as bass in a [[church choir]]. His parents then sent him to Cheongju University, where he began his education.<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=grosses+s%C3%A4ngerlexikon&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipyLH_t9fsAhXoDmMBHe4LAUwQ6AEwAHoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=Kwangchul%20Youn&f=false Koun, Kwangchul] on ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]'' ({{p.|5120}})</ref>


In 1988, he made his debut at the State Opera in Seoul as de Sirieux in ''[[Fedora (opera)|Fedora]].'' As a guest he sang at other Korean opera houses, among others the parts of Basilio in Rossini's ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]],'' Loredano in Verdi's ''[[I due Foscari]]'' and Dulcamara in Donizetti's ''[[L'elisir d'amore]].''<ref>[https://www.operadeparis.fr/artistes/kwangchul-youn Kwangchul Youn] on Opera de Paris</ref>
In 1988, he made his debut at the State Opera in Seoul as de Sirieux in ''[[Fedora (opera)|Fedora]].'' As a guest he sang at other Korean opera houses, among others the parts of Basilio in Rossini's ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]],'' Loredano in Verdi's ''[[I due Foscari]]'' and Dulcamara in Donizetti's ''[[L'elisir d'amore]].''<ref>[https://www.operadeparis.fr/artistes/kwangchul-youn Kwangchul Youn] on Opera de Paris</ref>
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist
{{Reflist}}
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<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens">{{cite book
| last = Kutsch
| first = K. J.
| authorlink = Karl Josef Kutsch
| last2 = Riemens
| first2 = Leo
| authorlink2 = Leo Riemens
| url = https://books.google.com/?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=5120
| title = Youn, Kwangchul
| work = [[Großes Sängerlexikon]]
| publisher = [[Walter de Gruyter]]
| edition = 4th
| language = de
| date = 2012
| page = 5120
| isbn = 978-3-59-844088-5
}}</ref>

}}


== External links ==
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* {{official|http://www.kwangchulyoun.info}}
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Kwangchul Youn (born 1966) is a Korean operatic bass.

Youth and training

Youn was born in Cheongju[1] as the child of parents who were farmers. He first attended trained to be an architect, but then turned to voice studies at Cheongju University.[1]

In 1988, he made his debut at the State Opera in Seoul as de Sirieux in Fedora. As a guest he sang at other Korean opera houses, among others the parts of Basilio in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Loredano in Verdi's I due Foscari and Dulcamara in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.[2]

He continued his studies in 1990/91 at the Sofia Academy of Music with Lesa Koleva and from 1991 to 1993 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Herbert Brauer. During this time, he received several awards at national and international competitions. One of the most important for him was 1st prize at the "Concours International des Voix d'Opéra Plácido Domingo" Operalia in Paris in 1993. Since then, he has appeared repeatedly with Plácido Domingo, for example in autumn 2009 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, as Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra and at the latter's 40th stage anniversary in Milan Teatro alla Scala, as Hunding in a concert performance of Die Walküre.[3][4]

Career

In 1993/94, Youn sang the roles of Sarastro (The Magic Flute) and the Commendatore (Don Giovanni) at the Leipzig Opera. In 1994, an audition at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin led to a contract as Ensemble member. He held this position until 2004 and still gives frequent guest performances there today. Among others, he interpreted the King in Aida, the Minister in Fidelio, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Bertram in Robert le diable, Colline in La Bohème and Lodovico in Otello.[5][6]

This was followed by engagements at the Opéra Bastille (Simon Boccanegra) and the Théâtre du Châtelet (Elektra, Fidelio) in Paris and at the Liceu Barcelona (Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Tristan and Isolde).[7]

In 1996, he made his Bayreuth Festival debut as a night watchman in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. There, he sang in new productions: in 2002 the Landgrave in Tannhäuser, in 2004 Titurel in Parsifal and in 2005 King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, in 2006 Fasolt in Das Rheingold and Hunding in Die Walküre. In 2008, he made his role debut as Gurnemanz in Parsifal new production by Stefan Herheim.

Under the direction of Daniele Gatti, Youn sang Gurnemanz in a concert performance in the Frauenkirche in Dresden. In 2011, he could also be heard in this role at the Teatro Regio di Torino, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Bayerische Staatsoper München and the Staatsoper Hamburg. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboim, he performed from 29 to 31 August 2010 at the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires in performances of Verdi's Aida and Messa da Requiem.

Since 2007, he has been working at the Oper Frankfurt, where he sang the part of Philipp II in Don Carlo. He has also appeared at the Teatro Real in Madrid, in Valencia, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, at the Vienna State Opera (Mephisto in Faust), at the Metropolitan Opera (King Marke in Tristan and Isolde, Ferrando in Il trovatore, the Commander in Don Giovanni), at the Washington National Opera and at the London Royal Opera House (King Henry in Lohengrin).

In addition to his opera activities, Youn also appears as a concert singer at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome as well as at the Wiener Musikverein, the Vienna Konzerthaus (e.g. in March 2010 in Gustav Mahler's 8th symphony) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival. In the Berlin Philharmonie he could be heard in the Requiems by Mozart and Verdi, in the Nelson-Mass by Haydn and in Beethoven's Missa solemnis.

He gave recitals with his piano partner Helmut Oertel, such as in summer 2007 at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth and in autumn 2007 at the Frankfurt Opera. In December 2009, a performance of Winterreise with Myung-Whun Chung at the piano took place at the Art Center, Seoul. He regularly sings the bass part in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at New Year's Eve concerts at the Konzerthaus in Berlin.

He has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, Mark Minkowski, Fabio Luisi, Michael Gielen, Myung-Whun Chung, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Horst Stein and Thomas Hengelbrock in opera and concert as well as in CD productions, for example the Meistersinger recording of the Bayreuth Festival under the conduct of Daniel Barenboim at Teldec or the label Harmonia mundi (La Didone, Croesus).

The recordings of the operas Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Tiefland and Don Giovanni were made under Bertrand de Billy and have been published by Arte Nova. Opus Arte has released a DVD of the famous and controversial Don Giovanni production Calixto Bieito from the Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona, under Bertrand de Billy with Youn as leporello. The DVD of Rheingold with Youn as Fasolt (director Harry Kupfer), released by Opus Arte, also comes from Barcelona.

Also with Bertrand de Billy, Gounod's Faust was recorded at the Vienna State Opera in 2009 (Orfeo). The Daphne production of the Decca label under Semjon Bychkov's direction was nominated for the Grammy Awards 2006 as best opera production. In 2009, a SACD of Lohengrin, produced by WDR under the direction of Bychkov, was released by Profil Medien. Apart from Youn as King Henry, there were others with Johan Botha, Adrianne Pieczonka, Petra Lang and Falk Struckmann. The performance of the Walküre from the Bayreuth Festival under the direction of Christian Thielemann with Johan Botha, Albert Dohmen, Edith Haller and Linda Watson was published by Opus Arte in 2011. For 2018, Youn was awarded the Ho-Am Prize.

Since 2010, he holds a professorship at the College of Music of the Seoul National University.

Repertoire

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Vincenzo Bellini
  • Umberto Giordano
  • Charles Gounod
  • Richard Strauss

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Youn, Kwangchul (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. p. 5120. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Kwangchul Youn on Opera de Paris
  3. ^ Kwangchul Youn on Opera online
  4. ^ Kwangchul Youn on All Music
  5. ^ Youn, Kwangchul on Forum Opéra
  6. ^ Kwangchul Youn on the website of the Royal Opera House
  7. ^ Kwangchul Youn on Salzburgerfestspiele
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