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 26/27 and Highlights
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
Adams – Nixon in China – Madame Mao
Nov 14/19/21
Concert – We the People
Nov 22
PALAU DE LES ARTS REINA SOFÍA
Adams – Nixon in China – Madame Mao
Apr 24/28/30, May 02
Biography
Kathleen Kim is a regular guest at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, appearing in a wide variety of roles, including Tytania ( A Midsummer Night's Dream ) under the baton of James Conlon, Olympia ( The Tales of Hoffmann ) and Blondchen ( The Abduction from the Seraglio) under James Levine, Oscar ( Un ballo in maschera ) under Fabio Luisi, and Zerbinetta ( Ariadne auf Naxos ) under Kirill Petrenko. She has also sung Sophie ( Der Rosenkavalier ) under Sebastian Weigle and La Fée ( Cendrillon ) under the baton of Bertrand de Billy in New York. Most recently, she returned to the Metropolitan Opera for the revival of the acclaimed production The Hours , which celebrated its successful world premiere with an illustrious cast.
Kathleen Kim is in high demand at leading international opera houses in the 2026/27 season. She will perform the role of Madame Mao in John Adams' Nixon in China at the Washington National Opera, the Palau de les Arts Valencia, and La Scala in Milan.
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Highlights of recent seasons include her return to the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Mother-in-Law in Kaija Saariaho's Innocence , as well as a gala concert with the New York Philharmonic; her acclaimed Violetta ( La traviata ) at the Korean Opera and her return to the same house as Gretel ( Hänsel und Gretel ); her concert role debut as Elvira in I Puritani at the Seoul Arts Center; Lucia di Lammermoor in Montreal; La Fée in Cendrillon at the Opéra de Paris; and the virtuosic role of Madame Mao in Adams' Nixon in China, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
In Europe, she performed at the Bavarian State Opera as Blondchen under Ivor Bolton and as Olympia, also appearing as a guest with this role at the Liceu in Barcelona, singing Oscar ( Un ballo in maschera ) in Brussels, Zerbinetta ( Ariadne auf Naxos ) in Frankfurt, and Tytania ( A Midsummer Night's Dream ) and Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges at the Glyndebourne Festival.Another focus of her artistic work is contemporary repertoire. Kathleen Kim sang the role of Josephine in the world premiere of Huang Ruo's *An American Soldier* in Saint Louis. She has also performed as Madame Mao in John Adams' * Nixon in China* at the Metropolitan Opera under the composer's direction and at the BBC Proms, among other venues.
She sang important concerts, including one 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).
2026/27
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