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European management with Askonas Holt

General management with Opus 3 Artists

About Duke

Tenor Duke Kim is a Second-Place Winner of Operalia (2022), Second-Place Winner at the inaugural Juan Pons International Singing Competition (2022), Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (2021), and a recent graduate of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera.

This 2024/25 season, Duke makes a series of exciting house and role debuts. He makes house debuts at The Metropolitan Opera as Tamino The Magic Flute and Los Angeles Opera as Romeo Romeo and Juliet. He will return to Santa Fe Opera for his role debut as Duke Rigoletto, to Seattle Opera as Tamino The Magic Flute, and also to Irish National Opera as Nemorino L’elisir d’amore.

Recent season highlights include his debuts with Irish National Opera and Berkshire Opera Festival for Faust (title role), Pittsburgh Opera for La traviata (Alfredo), returns to Washington National Opera for Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) and Seattle Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Il Conte d'Almaviva). On the concert stage he made his South American debut at Teatro Colón in Messiah, gave a solo recital at the Korean Music Association and a duet recital with mezzo-soprano Taylor Raven at Seattle Opera.

Other previous opera engagements include La traviata (Alfredo) at Seattle Opera, Roméo et Juliette (Roméo) at The Glimmerglass Festival, Florentine Opera and Opera San Antonio, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni at The Atlanta Opera, Le Remendado Carmen at Washington National Opera, Ferrando Cosi fan tutte and Count Camille de Rosillon The Merry Widow at Palm Beach Opera, Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream and cover Lensky Eugene Onegin at Santa Fe Opera.

On the concert stage he debuted with the National Symphony Orchestra Washington conducted by Noseda for Handel’s Messiah, Mozart Requiem and Eine kleine Freimaurer-Kantate, and Bach Magnificat, with The Santa Fe Symphony for A Night at the Opera, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Messiah and Grant Park Music Festival in Haydn Creation.

Duke is based in California, United States

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Representation

European management with Askonas Holt

General management with Opus 3 Artists

Season Highlights

Aug 2024
Berkshire Opera Festival, Pittsfield, USA
Gounod Faust (title role) Brian Garman (conductor)
Nov 2024
Los Angeles Opera
Gounod Roméo et Juliette (Roméo) Domingo Hindoyan (conductor)
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
The Metropolitan Opera
Mozart The Magic Flute (Tamino) J. David Jackson (conductor)
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Selected Repertoire

DonizettiL'Elisire d'amore (Nemorino)   •   Lucrezia Borgio (Genaro)   •   Don Pasquale
GounodFaust (title role)   •   Roméo et Juliette (Tybalt, Roméo)
LeharDie Lustige Witwe (Camille de Rosillon)
MozartDie Zauberflöte (Tamino)   •   Così Fan Tutte (Ferrando)   •   Don giovanni (Don Ottavio)
RossiniIl Barbiere di Siviglia (Il Conte d'Almaviva)
VerdiLa Traviata (Alfredo Germont)   •   La Traviata (Duca)

News

Press

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (Conte Almaviva)

    Seattle Opera
    May 2024
    • Di ritorno a Seattle dopo il suo debutto come Alfredo nella Traviata del 2023, Duke Kim, ha conferito al Conte Almaviva un'aura di eleganza, con spigliata sicurezza e padronanza del ruolo. La sua voce chiara e rotonda, sostenuta da un fraseggio preciso, ha brillato nell'impegnativa serenata "Se il mio nome", anche se talvolta è apparsa un po' offuscata negli ensemble. Kim ha convinto anche per la sua notevole capacità attoriale, essenziale in un ruolo che prevede diverse sfaccettature, dati anche i travestimenti che il personaggio deve affrontare. - Returning to Seattle after his debut as Alfredo in La Traviata in 2023, Duke Kim, lent Count Almaviva an aura of elegance, with confident assurance and mastery of the role. His clear, rounded voice, supported by precise phrasing, shone in the demanding serenade ‘Se il mio nome’, even if it sometimes appeared a little blurred in the ensembles. Kim was also convincing for her remarkable acting ability, which is essential in a role that involves several facets, given also the disguises the character has to face.

    • Count Almaviva spends most of the show in a series of silly disguises. Sung by Duke Kim (most recently Alfredo in last season’s “La Traviata”), it’s hard to decide what’s more impressive — his delivery, or the fact that he delivers while sliding across the stage on his knees.