Kathleen Kim
Metropolitan Opera - The Hours
Soprano Kathleen Kim is a total delight as owner of the shop where Clarissa buys flowers for her party. She unabashedly hits upon Clarissa in wonderful flights of coloratura fancy .
New York classic review (05/06/2025)Kathleen Kim's vibrant, staccato florist lit up the scene.
bachtrack (25.11.2025)Season 25/26 and Highlights
METROPOLITAN OPERA NEW YORK
Saariaho - Innocence - Mother in Law
PREMIERE Apr 6
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Biography
Kathleen Kim is a regular guest at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where she has appeared in many different roles, such as Tytania (A Midsummer Night's Dream) under the direction of James Conlon, Olympia (Les contes d'Hoffmann) and Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) under James Levine, Oscar (Un ballo in maschera) with Fabio Luisi, and Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) under Kirill Petrenko. In New York, she also sang Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) under Sebastian Weigle and La Fée (Cendrillon) under the direction of Bertrand de Billy. Most recently, she returned to the Metropolitan for the revival of the highly acclaimed production of The Hours, which celebrated its successful world premiere with an illustrious cast.
She will also be a guest at the Metropolitan Opera in the 25/26 season, taking on the role of Mother-in-Law in the production of Innocence, after having previously appeared at a gala concert with the New York Philharmonic.
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Kathleen Kim sang Violetta ( La traviata ) at the Korean Opera with great success and returned to the house as Gretel ( Hansel and Gretel ). concert version In 2024, she made her debut as Elvira in I Puritani at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall. In Montreal, she thrilled audiences as Lucia di Lammermoor and as La Fée in Cendrillon at the Opéra de Paris. In Paris, she again triumphed in the virtuoso role of Madame Mao in Adams' Nixon in China under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel.
In Europe, she has been heard at the Bavarian State Opera as Blondchen under Ivor Bolton and as Olympia. She also appeared in this role at the Liceu in Barcelona. Further engagements have taken her to Brussels as Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), to Frankfurt as Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) and to the Glyndebourne Festival as Tytania, where she also shone in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges.
In addition to the aforementioned roles, new music is also an integral part of Kathleen Kim's work. In Saint Louis, she sang the role of Josephine in the world premiere of An American Soldier by Huang Ruo. She has also been heard as Madame Mao in Nixon in China by John Adams at the MET under the direction of the composer and at the BBC Proms, among others.
She sang important concerts, among others, with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate independence under the direction of Myung-Wung Chung, with whom she also performed Mahler’s 2nd and 8th symphonies as well as the 9th Symphony by Beethoven performed (recording released by Deutsche Grammophon).
2025/26
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