INTRODUCTION
Sae-Kyung Rim is an impressive, dramatic Verdian/Verismo soprano with a strong voice, rich in nuances and colors.
She has won several international competitions in singing, including the “Giambattista Viotti” in Vercelli.
RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS
Among the most recent and future engagements of the artist are:
- Cio Cio San/Madama Butterfly at Opera Australia in Sydney, Opera Hong Kong, Arena di Verona, Theater Dortmund, Principal de Mallorca, Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, Savonlinna Opera Festival, and at the Greek National Opera;
- a role debut as Odabella/Attila and a role debut as Lady Macbeth/Macbeth at the Korean National Opera;
- Aida at New National Theatre Tokyo, at the Korean National Opera, at Arena di Verona, and at Gärtnerplatztheater Munchen;
- Abigaille/Nabucco at the Greek National Opera;
- Leonora/Il Trovatore at Teatre Principal de Palma de Mallorca;
- Liù/Turandot at Theater Dortmund;
- the title role in Manon Lescaut at Hungarian National Opera in Budapest;
- Tosca at Wiener Staatsoper w. Domingo, Antonenko, Hampson.
BIOGRAPHY
Past engagements of Sae-Kyung Rim include Cio-Cio-San/Madama Butterfly in Budapest, Las Palmas, Wiener Staatsoper, Bergen and Trondheim, Leonora/Forza del Destino at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Maddalena/Andrea Chenier in Seoul and Aida at Arena di Verona, in Seoul and in Munich.
In Teatro alla Scala in Milan she has performed in productions such as: Dialogues des Carmelites by Poulenc, Rinaldo by Handel, Elektra by Richard Strauss, La Boheme by Puccini, Fiordiligi/Così Fan Tutte and others under the direction of Riccardo Muti, Ottavio Dantone, Semyon Bychkov, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Niksa Bareza, Jeffrey Tate, Riccardo Chailly, Lothar Koenigs, Daniel Barenboim.
In Seoul, she has performed many leading roles in the past years such as Madame Lidoine/Les Dialogues des Carmelites by Poulenc, Amelia/Un Ballo in Maschera, Leonora/Forza del Destino, Marguerite/Mefistofele by Boïto, Tosca.
EDUCATION
Sae-Kyung Rim graduated in singing at the Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan and in the course for opera singers Soloists dell ‘Accademia del Teatro alla Scala with Leyla Gencer.
OPERA |
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Boito, A. | Mefistofele | Margherita/Elena |
Giordano, U. | Andrea Chenier | Maddalena de Coigny |
Leoncavallo, R. | Pagliacci | Nedda |
Mascagni, P. | Iris | Iris |
Mozart, W.A. | Cosi fan tutte | Fiordiligi |
Ponichielli, A. | La Gioconda | Gioconda |
Poulenc, F. | Dialogues des Carmelites | Madame Lidoine |
Puccini, G. | Il tabarro | Giorgetta |
La boheme | Mimi | |
Madama Butterfly | Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) | |
Manon Lescaut | Manon Lescaut | |
Suor Angelica | Angelica | |
Tosca | Tosca | |
Turandot | Princess Turandot | |
Liu | ||
Verdi, G. | Aida | Aida |
Attila | Odabella | |
Don Carlos | Elisabeth of Valois | |
Il trovatore | Leonora | |
La forza del destino | Leonora | |
Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | |
Nabucco | Abigaille | |
Un ballo in maschera | Amelia |
CONCERT
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Rossini, G. | Petite messe solennelle | |
Verdi, G. | Messa da Requiem |