Kim, Leo Hyun Ho
No. 34
Voice type: Baritone
Country: Korea, South
Date of birth: 11 June, 1989
The young South Korean baritone received his bachelor’s degree at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea. Since 2014 he has been living and working in Vienna, Austria where he studied at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna with KS. Krassimira Stoyanova, Claudia Visca, Markus Hadulla, Peter Marschik and Beverly Blankenship. Furthermore, he has participated in master class by Leo Nucci and Anton Scharinger. In 2014, he received 3rd prize at the International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary, Czech republic, in 2019 the 1st prize as well as the WCN Special Prize at the International Otto Edelmann Singing Competition in Vienna, and he was finalist of L’Assoluta Virginia Zeani Royal Voice Competition and Daegu International Opera Awards the same year. In Summer 2018, he was a Scholar of Mozart Residency – Académie du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: La tombe et la rose
Mozart: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo – Guglielmo’s aria from the Così fan tutte
Verdi: È sogno? o realtà? – Ford’s aria from Falstaff
Semi-final
Verdi: Alzati! là tuo figlio… Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima – Renato’s recitative and aria from Un ballo in maschera
Wagner: Wie Todesahnung… O du, mein holder Abendstern – Wolfram’s Song to the Evening Star from Tannhäuser
Final
Giordano: Nemico della Patria?!... Un dì m’era di gioia – Gérard’s recitativo and aria from Andrea Chénier
Verdi: Son io mio Carlo... Per me giunto... Io morrò – Rodrigo’s recitative and aria from Don Carlo
Verdi: Vanne! la tua meta già vedo… Credo in un Dio crudel – Iago’s recitative and aria from Otello