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Biography

A rising star on the operatic scene Korean baritone Hyung Yun has already been seen on some of the most prestigious stages in the United States. With the Metropolitan Opera he has sung the roles of Valentin in Faust under the baton of Maestro James Levine, Ping in Turandot, Lescaut in Manon with Renee Fleming in the title role, and Silvio in Pagliacci, as well as covering Belcore in L’elisir d’amore. With Los Angeles Opera he made his debut as Angelotti in Tosca and returned to sing Lescaut in Manon with Rolando Villazon & Anna Netrebko under the baton of Placido Domingo, as well as Marcello in La bohème. He debuted as Ping in Turandot at Santa Fe Opera and returned to sing The 50th Anniversary Gala Concert. Upcoming Mr. Yun will return to his native Seoul, Korea for Messiah and Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Additionally he will sing Valentin in Faust with Madison Opera, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with Washington National Opera, Ping in Turandot with San Francisco Opera and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Tulsa Opera. In the 2009-2010 season Mr. Yun will sing Marcello in La bohème with Minnesota Opera as well as returning to Los Angeles Opera for their production of Gezeichneten. He will them make his debut with San Francisco Opera and return to Welsh National Opera for Sharpless in Madama Butterfly.

During his tenure as a young artist at Washington National Opera, he sang the title role of Don Giovanni under the baton of Placido Domingo. Additional assignments at Washington National Opera included Masetto in Don Giovanni, A Trojan Man and a cover of Count Tomsky in Pique Dame, Dancairo in Carmen covers of the roles of Lescaut in Manon Lescaut and Germont in La traviata. Mr. Yun returned as a guest artist to sing Marcello in La bohème with Washington National Opera in the 2007-2008 season.

Additional operatic highlights include Figaro in Barber of Seville with the New York City Opera tour, Valentin in Faust at Palm Beach Opera, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with Bob Jones Opera and as Yamadori in Madama Butterfly with Dallas Opera. He sang the role of Marcello in La bohème with the Merola Young Artist Program at San Francisco Opera and Ford in Falstaff as part of the Tanglewood Festival Fellowship Program with Maestro Seiji Ozawa. As a young artist with the Santa Fe Opera he sang the Jailor in Dialogue of the Carmelites and covered Escamillo in Carmen and Altair in Strauss’ The Egyptian Helen. While at the Curtis Institute of Music he covered Germont, Marcello, Figaro, Count, and Rigoletto with the Opera Company of Philadelphia as well as singing the roles of Johann, Imperial Commissioner and Marullo.

In concert he has sung Messiah with Phoenix Symphony, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Tokyo City Symphony and Nielson’s Symphony No. 2 with Philadelphia Orchestra. Hyung Yun has been a recipient of Sullivan Award of 2002, a National Finalist in the 1996-1997 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Connecticut Opera Company Scholarship, and the Santa Fe Opera Award of 1999 & 2001. Mr. Yun appeared as Melchior in BBC TV production of Amahl and the Night Visitors with Francesca Zambello and Patricia Racette. He also appeared in PBS TV Broadcast for “Domingo & Friends” with Washington Opera and in a Spanish National TV broadcast for the Concert for Deaf children with Juan Pons, Marcello Giordani & Ruggiero Raimondi.