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Kwangchul Youn Bass
Biography
Born in Korea, Kwangchul Youn was one of four prizewinners at the Operalia Plácido Domingo Competition in Paris. He subsequently became a member of the ensemble at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. He has appeared as a guest on the world’s leading opera stages, including the Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Ballet and Opera, and the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals.
In recent seasons, his roles have included King Marke (Tristan und Isolde) and Gurnemanz (Parsifal) in San Francisco, Heinrich der Vogler (Lohengrin) in Baden-Baden, Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Fafner and Hunding (Der Ring des Nibelungen) in Vienna, and Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) in Los Angeles.
During the 2026–2027 season, he will perform, among other roles, Fasolt in San Francisco, King Marke in Vienna and in concert at the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Commendatore (Don Giovanni) at the Paris Opera.
At the Paris Opera: Simon Boccanegra (Pietro), 1994; Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo Bidebent), 2006; Les Troyens (Narbal), 2006; Luisa Miller (Wurm), 2008; La Forza del Destino (Padre Guardiano), 2011; Aida (Ramfis), 2016; Rigoletto (Sparafucile), 2017; Parsifal (Gurnemanz), 2022; Lohengrin (Heinrich der Vogler), 2023; Das Rheingold (Fasolt), 2025.
Currently in
- Opéra Bastille
- from 28 January to 24 June 2027
