Opera UCT, together with the Korean Cultural Centre, presents internationally acclaimed Korean tenor Kyungho Kim. He will be accompanied at the piano by Opera UCT director, Jeremy Silver. The concert takes place on Tuesday, 8 August 2023, at 7pm in the Baxter Concert Hall in Cape Town.
Kim is a graduate of the National University of Arts in Seoul and, from 2011 to 2013, he was a member of the International Opera Studio of the Staatsoper in Berlin. Kim made his debut at the National Theatre in 2018 as Romeo (Roméo et Juliette), and the following season he returned as Alfredo (La traviata) and Macduff (Macbeth).
Bregenzer Festspiele
He regularly performs at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, Oper Leipzig and in 2016, Kim made his debut at the Bregenzer Festspiele. He has garnered a number of prizes, including at the Bellini International Vocal Competition.
British conductor, pianist and vocal coach, Jeremy Silver, is Director of Opera UCT at the University of Cape Town. He has worked at all the major opera companies of the UK, as well as in France, Holland, Malaysia, Japan and the USA. He has also worked extensively in South Africa, in concert with all the country’s major symphony orchestras, as well as with Cape Town Opera and Gauteng Opera.
As principal conductor of Opera Africa (2004-2007), he conducted productions of I Capuleti e i Montecchi, La traviata and Rigoletto at the State Theatre, Pretoria, as well the South African opera Princess Magogo at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam.
Francesco Paolo Tosti songs
For this recital Kyungho Kim and Jeremy Silver perform six songs by Francesco Paolo Tosti, some Korean, American and British art songs, as well as opera and operetta arias. This recital is also a fundraising concert for Opera UCT and all proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to supporting future concerts and productions.
Tickets are R150 (full price) and R100 (for pensioners 60+). Students and scholars are given free entry. Tickets are available from Webtickets and from the Baxter box office before the concert. Secure parking is available in the parking lot next to the Baxter and above it (on the UCT Middle Campus).
Who: Kyungho Kim and Jeremy Silver
Where: Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town
When: Tuesday 8 August 2023, 7pm
Info: Fiona Grayer concerts@uct.ac.za
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