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{{short description|Korean operatic bass}}
{{short description|Korean operatic bass}}
'''Kwangchul Youn''' (born 1966) is a Korean operatic [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] who made an international career based in Germany.
'''Kwangchul Youn''' (born 1966) is a Korean operatic [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] who made an international career based in Germany, from 1994 to 2004 at the [[Berlin State Opera]]. He has performed leading roles at international opera houses and festivals, such as Gurnemanz in ''[[Parsifal]]'' at the [[Bayreuth Festival]], Mephisto in ''[[Faust (Gounod)|Faust]]'' at the [[Vienna State Opera]], and King Marke in ''Tristan and Isolde'' at the [[Metropolitan Opera]].


== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
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He appeared as a guest at the [[Opéra Bastille]] ''(Simon Boccanegra)'' and the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] (''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'', ''Fidelio'') in Paris and at the [[Liceu]] in Barcelona (''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'', ''Don Giovanni'', ''Tristan and Isolde'').<ref name="Salzburg" /> -->
He appeared as a guest at the [[Opéra Bastille]] ''(Simon Boccanegra)'' and the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] (''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'', ''Fidelio'') in Paris and at the [[Liceu]] in Barcelona (''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'', ''Don Giovanni'', ''Tristan and Isolde'').<ref name="Salzburg" /> -->


He appeared as Gurnemanz also at the [[Vienna State Opera]], [[Teatro Real]] in Madrid, [[Bavarian State Opera]],<ref name="ROH" />, the [[Teatro Regio di Torino]] and the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago|Lyric Opera]] in Chicago.<ref name="Frankfurt" /><!-- 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 with [[Oper Frankfurt]], where he appeared as Philipp II in Verdi's ''[[Don Carlo]]''.<ref name="Frankfurt" /> He has also performed at the [[Liceu]] in Barcelona and the [[Washington National Opera]], among others. He appeared at the [[Vienna State Opera]] as Mephisto in Gounod's ''[[Faust (Gounod)|Faust]]''), at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City as King Marke in ''Tristan and Isolde'', and at the London [[Royal Opera House]] as the King in Wagner's ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' in 2009.<ref name="ROH" />
He appeared as Gurnemanz also at the [[Vienna State Opera]], [[Teatro Real]] in Madrid, [[Bavarian State Opera]],<ref name="ROH" />, the [[Teatro Regio di Torino]] and the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago|Lyric Opera]] in Chicago.<ref name="Frankfurt" /><!-- 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 with [[Oper Frankfurt]], where he appeared as Philipp II in Verdi's ''[[Don Carlo]]''.<ref name="Frankfurt" /> He has also performed at the [[Liceu]] in Barcelona and the [[Washington National Opera]], among others. He appeared at the [[Vienna State Opera]] as Mephisto in Gounod's ''[[Faust (Gounod)|Faust]]'', at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City as King Marke in ''Tristan and Isolde'', and at the London [[Royal Opera House]] as the King in Wagner's ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' in 2009.<ref name="ROH" />


Youn has appeared in concert 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 [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|8th symphony]]) and at the [[Salzburg Easter Festival]].<!--In the [[Berlin Philharmonie]] he could be heard in the ''Requiems'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and Verdi, in the ''[[Missa in angustiis|Nelson-Mass]]'' by Haydn and in Beethoven's ''[[Missa solemnis]]''.--><ref name="Salzburg" />
Youn has appeared in concert 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 [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|8th symphony]]) and at the [[Salzburg Easter Festival]].<!--In the [[Berlin Philharmonie]] he could be heard in the ''Requiems'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and Verdi, in the ''[[Missa in angustiis|Nelson-Mass]]'' by Haydn and in Beethoven's ''[[Missa solemnis]]''.--><ref name="Salzburg" />

Revision as of 09:29, 4 November 2020

Kwangchul Youn (born 1966) is a Korean operatic bass who made an international career based in Germany, from 1994 to 2004 at the Berlin State Opera. He has performed leading roles at international opera houses and festivals, such as Gurnemanz in Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival, Mephisto in Faust at the Vienna State Opera, and King Marke in Tristan and Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera.

Life and career

Youn was born in Cheongju[1] in a family child of peasants. He first trained to become an architect, but then turned to voice studies at Cheongju University at age 19.[1]

In 1988, he made his debut at the Seoul State Opera as de Sirieux in Giordano's Fedora. 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.[1] During this time, he received several awards at national and international competitions. He won the Operalia competition in Paris in 1993.[2]

In the 1993/94 season, Youn appeared as Sarastro in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni at the Leipzig Opera.[1] From 1994 to 2004, he was a member of the Berlin State Opera,[3] where he appeared in s such as 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.[2]

In 1996, he made his Bayreuth Festival debut as a night watchman in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. He appeared as the Landgrave in Tannhäuser in 2002, Titurel in Parsifalin 2004, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde in 2005, and Fasolt in Das Rheingold and Hunding in Die Walküre in 2006. In 2008, he made his role debut there as Gurnemanz in Parsifal, directed by Stefan Herheim. From 2014, he appeared as Daland in Der fliegende Holländer.[3]

He appeared as Gurnemanz also at the Vienna State Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bavarian State Opera,[2], the Teatro Regio di Torino and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.[4] Since 2007, he has been working with Oper Frankfurt, where he appeared as Philipp II in Verdi's Don Carlo.[4] He has also performed at the Liceu in Barcelona and the Washington National Opera, among others. He appeared at the Vienna State Opera as Mephisto in Gounod's Faust, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City as King Marke in Tristan and Isolde, and at the London Royal Opera House as the King in Wagner's Lohengrin in 2009.[2]

Youn has appeared in concert 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.[5]

He has given 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 Oper Frankfurt. In December 2009, he sang Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Myung-Whun Chung at the Art Center in 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 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.[5]

He appeared in recordings of Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni and d'Albert's Tiefland with conductor Bertrand de Billy.[5] He recorded Meistersinger in Bayreuth conducted by Barenboim.[5] A recording of Daphne by Richard Strauss, conducted by Semjon Bychkov, was nominated for the Grammy Awards 2006 as best opera production.[5]

Since 2010, Youn 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 c d Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Youn, Kwangchul (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 5120–5121. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "Kwangchul Youn". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Kwangchul Youn" (in German). Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Kwangchul Youn" (in German). Oper Frankfurt. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Kwangchul Youn". Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links

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