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Jaeyoon Jung

Tenor from South Korea, 31 years old

I was born in Gangneung and studied in Seoul and at the Teatro alla Scala Academy of Lyric Opera and Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. Recent awards include first prize at the international singing competition Giacinto Prandelli in Brescia and first prize at the international singing competiton Giulietta Simionato, Acqui Terme, both in 2014.

I have appeared as Edoardo di Sanval Un giorno di regno at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and Dormont La scala di seta at La Scala

Roles I have performed in Korea include Don Curzio Le nozze di Figaro and Eisenstein Die Fledermaus. Since moving to Italy, I have appeared as Edoardo di Sanval Un giorno di regno at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and Dormont La scala di seta at La Scala, both in 2013.

Also at La Scala, I performed the tenor solo in the ballet La serata Ratmansky and also took part in various gala concerts at the theatre. Last year, I sang Il duca di Mantova Rigoletto in Castello di Padernello, Brescia. Concert work I have undertaken includes Beethoven’s C major Mass in Teatro comunale di Firenze in 2012 and a concert as part of the Year of Italian culture in Chicago in 2013.

Repertoire

Main prize Concert 2
Una furtiva lagrima L'elisir d'amore Donizetti
Di rigori armato il seno Der Rosenkavalier R Strauss
Che gelida manina La boh猫me Puccini
Song Prize Recital 1
Lungi dal caro bene Sarti
Prelude A cycle of life Landon Ronald
Down in the forest (Spring) A cycle of life Landon Ronald
Love I have won you (Summer) A cycle of life Landon Ronald