Yoo Jung Woo
No. 66
Voice type: Tenor/Countertenor
Country: Korea, South
Date of birth: 30 January, 1986
The South Korean tenor was born in 1986. He began his professional vocal career in his home country: between 2004 and 2011, he was attending Kyung Hee University in Seoul, and then he moved to Italy. From 2015 to 2018, he was a student at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Como. As a concert singer, he performed as the soloist of Mozart’s Requiem and Puccini’s Messa di gloria. He also acted in operatic roles, for instance as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104 di Petrarca)
Massenet: Pourquoi me réveiller – Werther’s Aria from Werther
Cilea: E’ la solita storia – Federico’s Lament from L’Arlesiana
Semi-final
Verdi: Ella mi fu rapita… Parmi veder le lagrime – The Duke's Aria from Rigoletto
Donizetti: Tombe degl'avi miei – Edgardo’s Aria from Lucia di Lammermoor
Final
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima – Nemorino’s Romance from L’elisir d’amore
Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure – Faust’s Aria from Faust
Puccini: Che gelida manina – Rodolfo’s Aria from La bohème