Kathleen Kim has appeared as a regular guest at the Metropolitan Opera New York
in many different roles such as Tytania (Midsummernight's Dream) under the direction of James Conlon, Olympia (Les contes d'Hoffmann) and Blondchen (The Kidnapping from the Serail) under James Levine, Oscar (Un ballo in maschera) with Fabio Luisi and Zerbinetta (Ariadne on Naxos) under Kirill Petrenko. She also sang in New York Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) under Sebastian Weigle and La Fée (Cendrillon) under the direction of Bertrand de Billy. Also in the 2023-24 season, she will return to the Metropolitan Opera for the resumption of the much-regarded production The Hours, which celebrated its successful world premiere last season with an illustrious cast.
Kathleen Kim sang Violetta (La traviata) at the Korean Opera with great success and returned to the house last season as Gretel (Hansel and Gretel). In Montreal, she thrilled audiences as Lucia di Lammermoor and La Fée in Cinderella at the Opéra de Paris. Here she was able to sing a triumph in the virtuoso role of Madame Mao in Adams’ Nixon in China under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel.
In Europe, she was heard at the Bavarian State Opera as a blonde under Ivor Bolton and as Olympia. With this game she also guested at the Liceu in Barcelona. Other engagements led her as Oscar (Un ballo in maschera) to Brussels, as Zerbinetta (Ariadne on Naxos) to Frankfurt and as Tytania to the Glyndebourne Festival, where she also shone in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges.
In addition to the mentioned parts, the New Music is also an integral part of Kathleen Kim’s work. So she sang in Saint Louis the part of the Josephine in the world premiere An American Soldier by Huang Ruo. As Madame Mao in Nixon in China by John Adams, she was heard at the MET under the direction of the composer and at the BBC Proms.
She sang important concerts, among others, with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate independence under the direction of Myung-Wung Chung, with whom she also performed with Mahler’s 2nd and 8th. Symphony and the 9th Symphony by Beethoven (recording published by the Deutsche Grammophon).
This formidable performance of ‘Les oiseaux dans la charmille’ is by soprano Kathleen Kim in The Metropolitan Opera’s production – at 1m50 she needs winding up again…
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Petite soprano Kathleen Kim lures opera fans with big voice.Korea Times
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"She has had success singing Zerbinetta and Olympia, and she seems much better suited to that repertoire"
Natasha Gauthier / Opera Canada
“The jewel of this evening is certainly the soprano Kathleen Kim… who delivers crystal clear singing, secure high notes and a timbre , of exquisite freshness.”
