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Park Jihoon
No. 38
Voice type: Tenor
Country: Korea, South
Date of birth: 3 May, 1991
Jihoon Park earned both his undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Korea National University of Arts, in 2022.
He has won many awards including First Prize in the Korean Voice Competition and Winner of the Sung-Jung National Music Concours in South Korea.
His operatic debut was in Die Zauberflöte as Tamino at the CJ Art Hall. Since then he has performed as Rodolfo in La bohème and as Tito in La clemenza di Tito.
In addition he has perfomed in Händel’s Messiah (Seoul), and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle (Busan).
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104 di Petrarca)
R. Strauss: Di rigori armato il seno – the Italian singer’s aria from Der Rosenkavalier
Verdi: Ella mi fu rapita!… Parmi veder le lagrime – the Duke of Mantua’s recitative and aria from Rigoletto
Semi-final
Donizetti: Spirto gentil - Fernando's aria from La Favorita
Mozart: Se all'impero amici Dei! – Tito’s aria from La clemenza di Tito
Final
Donizetti: Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! – Tonio’s aria from La fille du régiment
Verdi: Ma se m’è forza perderti – Riccardo’s aria from Un ballo in maschera
Puccini: Che gelida manina! – Rodolfo’s aria from La bohème