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Dongwon Shin
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| Korean born tenor Dongwon Shin has just performed Radames in Aida with the Savonlinna Festival. Just prior, he performed his signature role of 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". Earlier this spring he sang Manrico in Il Trovatore with Nashville Opera after making his Italian debut as Samson in Lecce to glowing reviews! 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. Last season he made a dramatic debut with Opera Australia as Calaf in Turandot, arriving the day before the opening night and receiving both public and critical acclaim-and has been reengaged to return in 2009. |
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| Mr. Shin also recently sang 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.
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| 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 as someone to watch 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 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. |
Upcoming engagemnets include Calaf again next season with Dayton Opera as well as a scheduled to return to Opera Australia in 2009 for Aida and debuts in Dresden as Manrico. On the horizon is his Deutsche Oper, Berlin debut performing Samson, Radames and Calaf.
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