Simon Lim
Bass
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The South Korean bass Simon Lim is back at Oper Frankfurt, where he sang Philip II in Don Carlos in 2019, and again earlier this season, to sing Cardinal Brongni in this new production of Halévy's La Juive. Other engagements this season include Raimondo Bidebent (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Colline (La bohème) at Israeli Opera and Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. Future plans include Zaccaria (Nabucco) in Toronto, Oroveso (Norma) at the Festival della Valle d'Itria under Fabio Luisi and his return to the Arena di Verona for the King of Egypt in Aida. He can be heard singing Oroveso and the King of Egypt again, at Oper Frankfurt next season. Recent engagements have taken him to Oviedo, Bilbao, Amsterdam, Paris and Glyndebourne. He also enjoyed great success with Giovanni da Procida (I vespri siciliani) at La Scala Milan, Ferrando (Il trovatore) at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Samuel/Graf Ribbing in Un ballo in maschera at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. He also sang President Wu Virtu in the world premiere of Mohammed Fairouz' The New Prince in Amsterdam. His repertoire includes Mustafa (L’italiana in Algeri), Alidoro (La Cenerentola), Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Tom (Un ballo in maschera) and Timur (Turandot). He won 3rd prize at Plácido Domingo's 2010 »Operalia, the World Opera Competition«. He studied at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan and the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where he made his debut as Guccio Gianni Schicchi, which was followed by the title role in Le nozze di Figaro.