Jongmin Park
South Korean bass Jongmin Park was born in Seoul and studied singing at the Korean National University of Arts. As a member of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, he was taught by Mirella Freni, Luciana Serra, Luigi Alva and Renato Bruson. Park was the winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize in 2015 and was a member of the prestigious ensemble at Wiener Staatsoper from 2013 until 2019.
In the 2024/25 season, Jongmin will make returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Colline in La bohème, Teatro alla Scala for Fasolt in Das Rheingold, Berlin Staatsoper for Vodnik in Rusalka and Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Seoul Arts Center for Enrico in Anna Bolena. On the concert scene he will tour with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, singing the roles of Cuno and Hermit in Die Freischütz at the Nikolaisaal Potsdam, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Berlin Philharmonie.
Last season's operatic highlights included major role debuts as Il Grande Inquisitore in Don Carlo to open Teatro alla Scala's season in a star-studded cast led by Maestro Riccardo Chailly and Pogner in Laurent Pelly's new production of Die Meistersinger at Teatro Real Madrid. On the concert scene, Jongmin sang Wagner's Ring Cycle with Mupa Budapest and Beethoven's 9th Symphony at Tanglewood Festival.
He has performed on the stages of The Metropolitan Opera New York, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, ROH Covent Garden, Teatro Real Madrid, Berlin Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Opéra de Rouen, Opéra national de Lorraine, Bergen National Opera, Salzburger Sommer- and Osterfestspiele, Arena di Verona, Savonlinna Festival, Steinbruch St. Margarethen. On the concert platform, Jongmin has appeared at the BBC Proms, at the Wiener Konzerthaus, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall; he has performed solo recitals in Munich and Frankfurt, as well as the Musikverein in Vienna and Wigmore Hall.
In addition to the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015, other prizes and competitions he has won include the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and the Birgit Nilsson Wagner-Award at Operalia.
Engagements in Bayreuth
| Year | Opera | Part |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Veit Pogner, Goldschmied |
