Andrew Kim
tenor
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South Korean tenor Andrew Kim, Korean name Hyunjung Kim, joins Oper Frankfurt's ensemble in the 2026/27 season, during which you can hear him repeating his portrayal of Ferrando in Così fan tutte and singing Lyonel, Michelis & Boyd Bruckmann - role debuts in new productions of Chausson's Le roi Arthus, Martinů's The Greek Passion & the world premiere of Sebastian Schwab's A Skateboarder's Heart - commissioned by Oper Frankfurt. While in our Opera Studio (2023-25) roles included Aceste in a new production of Ascanio in Alba, Remendado (Carmen), 4th Squire & an Architect in new productions of Parsifal & Reimann's Melusine. During the 2025/26 season he sang Ferrando in Rovigo, Treviso and Padua and enjoyed great success singing Edgardo (role debut) in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Comunale in Treviso. He gained his bachelors at Yonsei University in Seoul before going to the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin to study operatic singing for his masters, passing all his exams in 2022. He was awarded a scholarship to join Youth Opera Hannover's ensemble for the 2017/18 season. He won the Musikverein in Vienna's 2022 Debut Concert Competition and 2019 Pavarotti Vocal Competition, the same year he won prizes from the Suri Music Concouers (Gunpo City) and the Korean Voice Competition in Seoul. This winner of the 2024 Toti dal Monte competition sang Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro Comunale Mario del Monaco in Treviso, the Teatro Verdi in Padua and Teatro Sociale di Rovigo.