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Korean born tenor Dongwon Shin scored a great success singing Manrico in his debut with the Semperoper, Dresden last fall. He recently debuted in San Francisco covering Dick Johnson in their Fanciulla production.Last year he performed Radames in his return to Opera Australia in their revival of Aida as well as completing his first engagement at the
Metropolitan Opera as Turridu. Just prior he debuted at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Radames after performing his signature role Calaf again last fall with Dayton Opera. In summer 2008 he sang a
“thrilling” Radames in the Savonlinna
Festival’s Aida. Earlier in 2008 he sang Calaf to glowing
reviews with Ft. Worth Opera: “Tenor Dongwon Shin met the challenge on Saturday. His Nessun dorma was the highlight of an incredible evening for him and for the Fort Worth Opera.” That spring he also sang
Manrico in
Il Trovatore with Nashville Opera after making his Italian debut as Samson in Lecce. Just prior he was Calaf in Turandot with Palm Beach Opera having just performed this role with Opera New Zealand as “a superb Calaf with a wonderfully strong, fully italianate voice, and brought the house down in Nessun Dorma”. He made his professional operatic debut in 2005 as Radames
in Aida with Opera Company of Philadelphia. In 2007 he made a dramatic debut with Opera Australia as Calaf in Turandot, arriving the day before the opening and receiving both
public and critical acclaim-and has been reengaged to return in 2009.
Mr. Shin has also sung with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach in the Gala Concert celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Academy of Music. He first sang Calaf in
Turandot with Santa Fe
Opera in 2005 and subsequently sang it at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall Association.
Other recent engagements have included Radames in Aida
with Houston Grand Opera under Carlo Rizzi, the title role in
Samson et Dalila with Dayton Opera, Canio in
Pagliacci with Opera Delaware, Pollione in Norma with Michigan Opera Theatre, and the Verdi Requiem with the Delaware
Symphony.
Mr. Shin distinguished himself early in a number of competitions including the Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions (National Finalist), Loren
Zachary Competition, Licia
Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition, Caruso-Altamura International Competition, Marian Anderson Competition, Giargiari Competition (1st & Audience Favorite), and Annapolis Opera Competition (1st
& Conductor's Award) to name a few. He was a 2005 graduate of the Academy of
Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where he sang the title role in
Puccini's Edgar, Gennaro in
Lucrezia Borgia, and Aegisth in
Elektra.
Before attending AVA, he received a BM in Music from Seoul National University and also attended Indiana University.
Mr. Shin is scheduled to debut at Covent Garden in 2010-11 as Radames, in Trieste as Samson and as tenor soloist in the Verdi Requiem, and returns to Dresden and Ft. Worth Opera as Manrico that same season. Fall 2010 has him in San Francisco covering Radames. |
