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{{short description|Korean operatic bass}}
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| birth_place = [[Cheongju]], Korea
| birth_place = [[Chungju]], South Korea
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
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* [[Berlin State Opera]]
* [[Berlin State Opera]]
* [[Seoul National University]]
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| title = [[Kammersänger]]
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{{Infobox Korean name
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'''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 und Isolde]]'' at the [[Metropolitan Opera]].
| hangul = 연광철
| hanja = {{linktext|延|侊|哲}}
| rr = Yeon Gwang-cheol
| mr = Yŏn Kwangch'ŏl
}}
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'''Kwangchul Youn''' (born 1966) is a South Korean operatic [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] and academic voice teacher. He 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 und Isolde]]'' at the [[Metropolitan Opera]].


== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Youn was born in [[Cheongju]]<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> in a family of peasants. He first trained to become an architect, but then turned to voice studies at [[Cheongju University]] at age 19.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />
Youn was born in 1966 in [[Chungju]]<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /><ref name="Gurewitsch">{{cite news|last=Gurewitsch|first=Matthew|title=Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/arts/music/20youn.html|access-date=30 November 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 February 2011}}</ref> to a family of farmers. He first trained to become an architect, but then turned to voice studies at [[Cheongju University]] at age 19.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />


In 1988, he made his debut at the [[Seoul Opera|Seoul State Opera]] as de Sirieux in Giordano's ''[[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> not in that source--> He continued his studies from 1990 to 1991 at the [[National Academy of Music (Bulgaria)|Sofia Academy of Music]] with Lesa Koleva and from 1991 to 1993 at the [[Hochschule der Künste Berlin]] with Herbert Brauer.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> During this time, he received several awards at national and international competitions. He won the [[Operalia]] competition in Paris in 1993.<ref name="ROH" /><!-- Since then, he has appeared repeatedly with [[Plácido Domingo]], for example in autumn 2009 at the [[Staatsoper Unter den Linden]], Berlin, as Fiesco in Verdi's ''[[Simon Boccanegra]]'' and at the latter's 40th stage anniversary in Milan [[Teatro alla Scala]], as Hunding in a [[concert performance]] of Wagner's ''[[Die Walküre]].''<ref>[https://www.opera-online.com/items/performers/kwangchul-youn Kwangchul Youn] on Opera online</ref><ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kwangchul-youn-mn0002189344 Kwangchul Youn] on [[All Music]]</ref> belongs later if at all-->
In 1988, he made his debut at the [[Seoul Opera|Seoul State Opera]] as de Sirieux in Giordano's ''[[Fedora (opera)|Fedora]]''. He continued his studies from 1990 to 1991 at the [[National Academy of Music (Bulgaria)|Sofia Academy of Music]] with Lesa Koleva and from 1991 to 1993 at the [[Hochschule der Künste Berlin]] with Herbert Brauer.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> During this time, he received several awards at national and international competitions. He won the [[Operalia]] competition in Paris in 1993.<ref name="ROH" />


From 1993 to 1994, Youn appeared as Sarastro in Mozart's ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' and as the Commendatore in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' at the [[Leipzig Opera]].<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> From 1994 to 2004, he was a member of the [[Berlin State Opera]],<ref name="Bayreuth" /> where he appeared 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 (Verdi)|Otello]]''.<ref name="ROH" />
From 1993 to 1994, Youn appeared as Sarastro in Mozart's ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' and as the Commendatore in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' at the [[Leipzig Opera]].<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> From 1994 to 2004, he was a member of the [[Berlin State Opera]],<ref name="Bayreuth" /> where he appeared 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]]''.<ref name="ROH" />


In 1996, he made his [[Bayreuth Festival]] debut as a night watchman in ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''. He appeared as the Landgrave in ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]'' in 2002, Titurel in ''[[Parsifal]]'' in 2004, King Marke in ''Tristan und Isolde'' in 2005, and Fasolt in ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' and Hunding in ''[[Die Walküre]]'' in 2006.<ref name="Bayreuth" /> In 2008, he performed as Gurnemanz in ''Parsifal'' for the first time, directed by [[Stefan Herheim]].<ref name="Parsifal" /> From 2014, he appeared as Daland in ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]''.<ref name="Bayreuth" />
In 1996, he made his [[Bayreuth Festival]] debut as a night watchman in ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''. He appeared as the Landgrave in ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]'' in 2002, Titurel in ''[[Parsifal]]'' in 2004, King Marke in ''Tristan und Isolde'' in 2005, and Fasolt in ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' and Hunding in ''[[Die Walküre]]'' in 2006.<ref name="Bayreuth" /> In 2008, he performed as Gurnemanz in ''Parsifal'' for the first time, directed by [[Stefan Herheim]].<ref name="Parsifal" /> From 2014, he appeared as Daland in ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]''.<ref name="Bayreuth" />
<!--
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 und 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 und 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" /> 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 und 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)|Eighth 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)|Eighth Symphony]]) and at the [[Salzburg Easter Festival]].<ref name="Salzburg" />


He has given recitals with his piano partner Helmut Oertel, such as in the summer of 2007 at the [[Margravial Opera House]] in Bayreuth and in the autumn of 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 (Beethoven)|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.<ref name="Salzburg" />
He has given recitals with his piano partner Helmut Oertel, such as in the summer of 2007 at the [[Margravial Opera House]] in Bayreuth and in the autumn of 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 (Beethoven)|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.<ref name="Salzburg" />


He appeared in recordings of ''Le nozze di Figaro'', ''[[Così fan tutte]]'', ''Don Giovanni'' and d'Albert's ''[[Tiefland (opera)|Tiefland]]'' with conductor [[Bertrand de Billy]].<ref name="Salzburg" /> He recorded ''Meistersinger'' in Bayreuth conducted by Barenboim.<!-- and also ''La Didone'' and ''[[Croesus (opera)|Croesus]]'').--><ref name="Salzburg" /><!-- 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).--> A recording of ''[[Daphne (opera)|Daphne]]'' by Richard Strauss, conducted by [[Semyon Bychkov (conductor)|Semjon Bychkov]], was nominated for the [[Grammy Awards 2006]] as best opera production.<ref name="Salzburg" /><!--In 2009, a SACD of ''Lohengrin'', produced by [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] under the direction of Bychkov, was released by Profil Medien. Apart from Youn as King Henry, there were others with [[Johan Botha (tenor)|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]]. will see-->
He appeared in recordings of ''Le nozze di Figaro'', ''[[Così fan tutte]]'', ''Don Giovanni'' and d'Albert's ''[[Tiefland (opera)|Tiefland]]'' with conductor [[Bertrand de Billy]].<ref name="Salzburg" /> He recorded ''Meistersinger'' in Bayreuth conducted by Barenboim, and Keiser's ''[[Croesus (opera)|Croesus]]'' conducted by [[René Jacobs]].<ref name="Salzburg" /> A recording of ''[[Daphne (opera)|Daphne]]'' by Richard Strauss, conducted by [[Semyon Bychkov (conductor)|Semjon Bychkov]], was nominated for the [[Grammy Awards 2006]] as best opera production.<ref name="Salzburg" />


Since 2010, Youn has held a professorship at the College of Music of the [[Seoul National University]].
From 2010 to 2017, Youn was a professor of the College of Music of the [[Seoul National University]]. He was awarded the title [[Kammersänger]] from the Berlin State Opera in 2018, the second singer from Asia to be so honoured.<ref name="donga" />


== Repertoire ==
== Repertoire ==
Youn's roles have included:<ref>[http://www.kwangchulyoun.info/main_repertoire.htm 연광철 Kwangchul Youn – Bass / Repertoire]</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* Ludwig van Beethoven
* Ludwig van Beethoven
** Don Fernando and Rocco in ''[[Fidelio]]''
** Don Fernando and Rocco in ''[[Fidelio]]''

* Vincenzo Bellini
* Vincenzo Bellini
** Oroveso in ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]''
** Oroveso in ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]''

* Hector Berlioz
* Hector Berlioz
** Narbal in ''[[Les Troyens]]''
** Narbal in ''[[Les Troyens]]''

* Claude Debussy
* Claude Debussy
** Arkel in ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande]]''
** Arkel in ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande]]''

* Gaetano Donizetti
* Gaetano Donizetti
** Heinrich VIII in ''[[Anna Bolena]]''
** Heinrich VIII in ''[[Anna Bolena]]''
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** Raimondo in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''
** Raimondo in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''
** Talbot in ''[[Maria Stuarda]]''
** Talbot in ''[[Maria Stuarda]]''

* Paul Dukas
* Paul Dukas
** Barbe-Bleue in ''[[Ariane et Barbe-Bleue]]''
** Barbe-bleue in ''[[Ariane et Barbe-bleue]]''

* Umberto Giordano
* Umberto Giordano
** M. de Siriex in ''[[Fedora (opera)|Fedora]]''
** M. de Siriex in ''[[Fedora (opera)|Fedora]]''

* Charles Gounod
* Charles Gounod
** Mephistopheles in ''[[Faust (Gounod)|Faust]]''
** Mephistopheles in ''[[Faust (Gounod)|Faust]]''

* Giacomo Meyerbeer
* Giacomo Meyerbeer
** Bertram in ''[[Robert le diable]]''
** Bertram in ''[[Robert le diable]]''

* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
** Figaro and Bartolo in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]''
** Figaro and Bartolo in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]''
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** Alfonso in ''[[Così fan tutte]]''
** Alfonso in ''[[Così fan tutte]]''
** Sarastro in ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]''
** Sarastro in ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]''

* Giacomo Puccini
* Giacomo Puccini
** Colline in ''[[La Bohème]]''
** Colline in ''[[La bohème]]''

* Gioachino Rossini
* Gioachino Rossini
** Basilio in ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]''
** Basilio in ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]''

* Camille Saint-Saëns
* Camille Saint-Saëns
** An old Hebrew in ''[[Samson et Dalila]]''
** An old Hebrew in ''[[Samson et Dalila]]''

* Richard Strauss
* Richard Strauss
** Nazarener in ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]''
** Nazarener in ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]''

* Pyotr Tchaikovsky
* Pyotr Tchaikovsky
** Gremin in ''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]]''
** Gremin in ''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]]''

* Giuseppe Verdi
* Giuseppe Verdi
** Attila in ''[[Attila (opera)|Attila]]''
** Attila in ''[[Attila (opera)|Attila]]''
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** Wurm in ''[[Luisa Miller]]''
** Wurm in ''[[Luisa Miller]]''
** Loredano in ''[[I due Foscari]]''
** Loredano in ''[[I due Foscari]]''
** Lodovico in ''[[Otello (Verdi)|Otello]]''
** Lodovico in ''[[Otello]]''
** [[Messa da Requiem]]
** [[Messa da Requiem]]

* Richard Wagner
* Richard Wagner
** A night watchman and Veit Pogner in ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''
** A night watchman and Veit Pogner in ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''
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** Heinrich der Vogler in ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]''
** Heinrich der Vogler in ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]''
** Daland in ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]''
** Daland in ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]''
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== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens">{{cite book
<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens">{{cite book
| last = Kutsch
| last1 = Kutsch
| first = K. J.
| first1 = K.-J.
| authorlink = Karl Josef Kutsch
| authorlink = Karl-Josef Kutsch
| last2 = Riemens
| last2 = Riemens
| first2 = Leo
| first2 = Leo
| authorlink2 = Leo Riemens
| authorlink2 = Leo Riemens
| url = https://books.google.com/?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=5120
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=5120
| title = Youn, Kwangchul
| chapter = Youn, Kwangchul
| work = [[Großes Sängerlexikon]]
| title = [[Großes Sängerlexikon]]
| publisher = [[Walter de Gruyter]]
| publisher = [[Walter de Gruyter]]
| edition = 4th
| edition = 4th
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| publisher = [[Bayreuth Festival]]
| publisher = [[Bayreuth Festival]]
| language = de
| language = de
| accessdate = 30 October 2020
| access-date = 30 October 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="donga">{{cite web
| url = https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20180622/1360825/1/Korean-bass-win-top-honor-title-in-Germany
| title = Korean bass win top honor title in Germany
| website=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]]
| date = 22 June 2018
| access-date = 20 November 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| publisher = [[Oper Frankfurt]]
| publisher = [[Oper Frankfurt]]
| language = de
| language = de
| accessdate = 30 October 2020
| access-date = 30 October 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


<ref name="Parsifal">{{cite web
<ref name="Parsifal">{{cite web
| url = https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/fsdb/inszenierungen/parsifal/2008/14935/
| url = https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/fsdb/inszenierungen/parsifal/2008/14935/
| title = Parsifal / Besetzung 2008
| title = ''Parsifal'' / Besetzung 2008
| publisher = [[Bayreuth Festival]]
| publisher = [[Bayreuth Festival]]
| language = de
| language = de
| accessdate = 20 November 2020
| access-date = 20 November 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| title = Kwangchul Youn
| title = Kwangchul Youn
| publisher = [[Royal Opera House]]
| publisher = [[Royal Opera House]]
| accessdate = 30 October 2020
| access-date = 30 October 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| title = Kwangchul Youn
| title = Kwangchul Youn
| publisher = [[Salzburg Festival]]
| publisher = [[Salzburg Festival]]
| accessdate = 30 October 2020
| access-date = 30 October 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 1 April 2024

Kwangchul Youn
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Chungju, South Korea
Education
OccupationOperatic bass
Organizations
TitleKammersänger
Kwangchul Youn
Hangul
연광철
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeon Gwang-cheol
McCune–ReischauerYŏn Kwangch'ŏl

Kwangchul Youn (born 1966) is a South Korean operatic bass and academic voice teacher. He 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 und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera.

Life and career[edit]

Youn was born in 1966 in Chungju[1][2] to a family of farmers. 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 from 1990 to 1991 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.[3]

From 1993 to 1994, 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,[4] where he appeared 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.[3]

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 Parsifal in 2004, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde in 2005, and Fasolt in Das Rheingold and Hunding in Die Walküre in 2006.[4] In 2008, he performed as Gurnemanz in Parsifal for the first time, directed by Stefan Herheim.[5] From 2014, he appeared as Daland in Der fliegende Holländer.[4]

He appeared as Gurnemanz also at the Vienna State Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bavarian State Opera,[3] the Teatro Regio di Torino and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.[6] Since 2007, he has been working with Oper Frankfurt, where he appeared as Philipp II in Verdi's Don Carlo.[6] 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 und Isolde, and at the London Royal Opera House as the King in Wagner's Lohengrin in 2009.[3]

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 Eighth Symphony) and at the Salzburg Easter Festival.[7]

He has given recitals with his piano partner Helmut Oertel, such as in the summer of 2007 at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth and in the autumn of 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.[7]

He appeared in recordings of Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni and d'Albert's Tiefland with conductor Bertrand de Billy.[7] He recorded Meistersinger in Bayreuth conducted by Barenboim, and Keiser's Croesus conducted by René Jacobs.[7] A recording of Daphne by Richard Strauss, conducted by Semjon Bychkov, was nominated for the Grammy Awards 2006 as best opera production.[7]

From 2010 to 2017, Youn was a professor of the College of Music of the Seoul National University. He was awarded the title Kammersänger from the Berlin State Opera in 2018, the second singer from Asia to be so honoured.[8]

Repertoire[edit]

Youn's roles have included:[9]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Kutsch, K.-J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Youn, Kwangchul". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 5120–5121. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
  2. ^ Gurewitsch, Matthew (17 February 2011). "Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kwangchul Youn". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Kwangchul Youn" (in German). Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Parsifal / Besetzung 2008" (in German). Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Kwangchul Youn" (in German). Oper Frankfurt. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Kwangchul Youn". Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Korean bass win top honor title in Germany". The Dong-a Ilbo. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  9. ^ 연광철 Kwangchul Youn – Bass / Repertoire

External links[edit]

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