Biography

Seiyoung Kim is an alumnus of HGO’s Young Artist Vocal Academy. Kim is currently pursuing his Master of Musical Arts degree at Yale University, where he performed the title role in Le Comte Ory and the role of Oronte in Alcina. In the 2019-20 season, Kim made his debut at Wolf Trap Opera as Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos and participated in workshops for Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly with Santa Fe Opera. In the 2018-19 season, he covered the roles of Brighella and Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos with Santa Fe Opera; he also performed the roles of Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi and Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro and covered the title role in Candide at New England Conservatory. In the 2017-18 season, he performed the roles of Tamino in The Magic Flute and Jimmy O’Keefe in Later the Same Evening at NEC and participated in the workshop for Permadeath as Niobe with White Snake Projects. At The Juilliard School, Kim sang the role of Fileno in La fedeltà premiata. He was named as a Connecticut district winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in the 2021-22 season, and a Tulsa district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in the 2020-21 season. He is an alumnus of The Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory and was a young artist at Wolf Trap Opera and Santa Fe Opera.