Minseok Kang

Minseok Kang

1993

Bass

South Korea

Roles Performed

2021 Un Commandante di Marina, Manon Lescaut (G. Puccini), Staatsoper Hamburg, Germany

2020/21 Dottore Grenvil/ Marchese, La Traviata (G. Verdi), Staatsoper Hamburg, Germany

2019/20 Kreon, Antigone Tribunal (L. Dick), Staatsoper Stuttgart, Germany

2019 Doctor, Pelléas et Mélisande (C. Debussy), Staatsoper Hamburg, Germany

2019 Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (W. A. Mozart), Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen, Germany

Roles Studied/Covers

Fasolt, Das Rheingold (R. Wagner)

Raimondo, Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti)

Colline, La Bohème (G. Puccini)

Osmin, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (W. A. Mozart)

Leporello, Don Giovanni (W. A. Mozart)

Sparafucile/Ceprano, Rigoletto (G. Verdi)

Education

2019-22 Opera Studio at Staatsoper Hamburg, Germany

2018-22 Master of Music, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Germany

2013-18 Bachelor of Music, Kyunghee University, Seoul, South Korea

Agency

since 2019 Worldwide Representation by Balmer & Dixon, Zurich, Switzerland

 

Dated: Summer 2022

How did you come to music?

I started singing when I was in junior High school. I sang at Church and in school choir. I used to live in Vancouver back then, and Sandi Simens, a voice teacher in Vancouver who taught Michael Bublé (very famous guy!), discovered me and encouraged me to pursue music. I didn’t become the next Michael Bublé, but she opened my eyes for Opera!

Are you currently learning something new?

I’ve been trying to learn how to taste wine. It’s been a few months and I did find some of my favourite ones. However, I also gained some weight through the wine-tasting process...maybe I should take a break?;) I especially learned that German Pinot Noir wines are surprisingly good!

Dog or cat?

Absolutely Dog! The world is so much better because of dogs. When my current living circumstances change, the first thing I’m going to do is get a dog. I also like cats, but their claws kind of scare me. It really hurts when they attack.

  Composer Opera/Operetta Aria Role
1 Vincenzo Bellini La Sonnambula Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni Rodolfo
2 Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth Come dal ciel precipita Banquo
3 Benjamin Britten Billy Budd Handsome indeed, ...O beauty, handsomness, goodness Fürst Gremin
4 Pjotr Tchaikovsky Jewgeni Onegin Lyubvi vse vozrasti pokorni Der Komponist
5 Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz Schweig, schweig Kaspar