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About Jusung Gabriel

South Korean baritone Jusung Gabriel Park is currently a member of the Ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper, where he has performed notable roles such as Masetto in Don Giovanni and Wagner in Faust. In the 2024/25 season, his roles include Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, Dancaïro in Carmen, and First Mate in Billy Budd.

Jusung has gained recognition for his artistry, being the Third Prize winner at Operalia 2021 and representing South Korea at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World in the same year. In Korea, he has also achieved success in various competitions, including Third Prize at the Schubert Lied competition and the Silver Prize at The Korea National Opera Competition.

Recent and forthcoming engagements include Argante in Rinaldo at Detroit Opera; singing Des KnabenWunderhorn at the Concertgebouw with pianist Julius Drake; performing Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jaap Van Zweden, as well as with the Milan Symphony Orchestra on tour in Italy and Switzerland; singing and recording the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elias with the Bayerischer Rundfunk Chor & Orchestra, highlighting his role as an ensemble member; a duo concert with Sumi Jo at the Vienna Musikverein with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra; a Liederabend at FestwochenGmunden with pianist Helmut Deutsch; Fenicio in Ermione and Idraote in Armida at the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad, where he was awarded the International Bel Canto Prize; the title role in Le nozze di Figaro and Leporello in Don Giovanni at Theater Rudolstadt in collaboration with the Thüringer Symphoniker Orchestra; and an Opera Gala Concert with the Nürnberg Symphonike

Jusung also has a special affinity for concert repertoire. He performed the Korean premiere of H.K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!! with the TIMF Orchestra. He appeared as a principal artist at the Chuncheon International Early Music Festival, where he sang Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. He regularly performs as a soloist in Bach’s Johannes-Passion, Weihnachtsoratorium, Christen ätzetdiesen Tag, Dvořák’s Mass in D, and Fauré’s Requiem.

He took part in the Académie du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the International Meistersinger Akademie (IMA) under the guidance of Edith Wiens. He studied voice at Yonsei University and the mdw, under the tutelage of Chang-gon Kim, Kwang-dong Kim, Hei-kyung Hong, Florian Boesch, and Margit Klaushofer.

Jusung Gabriel is based in Vienna

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Contact

For availability and general enquiries:

Charlotte Bateman

Charlotte Bateman

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

Management with Askonas Holt for Europe (excl. Austria), North and South America General Management: Siwoung Song, WCN

Season Highlights

Jan 2025
Wiener Staatsoper
Ariadne auf Naxos (Harlekin) Cornelius Meister (Conductor) Sven-Eric Bechtolf (Director)
Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
Detroit Opera
Rinaldo (Argante) Roberto Kalb (Conductor) Louise Proske (Director)
May 2025
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler) Recital with Beth Taylor (Mezzo Soprano) and Julius Drake (Piano)
Nov 2025
San Francisco Opera
The Monkey King (Subhuti/Buddha) Huang Ruo (Composer) Carolyn Kuan (Conductor) Dianne Paulus (Director)
Dec 2025
Wiener Staatsoper
La bohème (Schaunard) Giacomo Sagripanti (Conductor) Franco Zeffirelli (Director)

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Selected Repertoire

Handel

Rodelinda (Garibaldo)

Mozart

Don Giovanni (Leporello)   •   Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro & Antonio)

Rossini

Ermione (Fenicio)

News

Press

  • Don Giovanni

    Wiener Staatsoper
    Apr 2024
    • The list of remarkable role debuts is completed by the fabulous baritone Jusung Gabriel Park from the opera studio of the house, who gives a sympathetic profile and an expressive voice to the character of the understandably jealous, somewhat silly, but ultimately loveable Masetto.

  • Andrea Chénier

    Wiener Staatsoper
    Nov 2022
    • Almost more refreshing than (Jonas) Kaufmann: Young Jusung Gabriel Park as Schmidt. Applause.

    • Jusung Gabriel Park, aware of the function of his role and the necessary vocal expressiveness to embody it, makes a sympathetic contribution to the concluding moments.

  • Concours Musical International de Montreal

    Montreal
    Jun 2022
    • He’s casually captivating, and his phrasing is masterful. A complete meal.

19 Askonas Holt artists at Wiener Staatsoper in 2025/26

/14 April 2025

The Wiener Staatsoper announced their plans for 2025/26 over the weekend, with 19 Askonas Holt conductors, directors and singers featuring in the new season.

Robin Ticciati makes his Wiener Staatsoper debut leading Dialogues des Carmélites. He last conducted the work at Glyndebourne in 2023, earning a raft of five-star reviews from The Times, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, Bachtrack, The Stage, and Artsdesk who said, “this will go down as one of Glyndebourne’s most unforgettable achievements.’

Louis Langrée returns to conduct Così fan tutte with Elsa Dreisig as Fiordiligi, following her appearance this season as Micaëla in Carmen.

Dmitri Tcherniakov directs Eugene Onegin with Asmik Grigorian as Tatyana. Asmik also treats the audience to her solo semi-staged project with Hyung - Kii Joo ‘A Diva is Born’, which includes music by Bizet, Puccini and Messiaen, as well as Lennon and McCartney, Lady Gaga and Sting. Also directing in Vienna this season is Adrian Noble's production of Hänsel und Gretel is revived for Christmas.

Nicole Car returns as Mimi in La bohème alongside Andrey Zhilikovsky as Marcello and Jusung Gabriel Park as Schaunard. Nicole also debuts in the three lead roles in Il Trittico - where she is again joined by Jusung as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi­ - and sings the title role in Rusalka with Alexander Vinogradov as Der Wassermann. Alexander also returns as Zaccaria in Nabucco.

Nadine Sierra and Xabier Anduaga join forces as Violetta and Alfredo in La Traviata following performances in Vienna together last month in L'elisir d'amore. Nadine also returns next season for a solo concert.

Following performances this season, Kristina Mkhitaryan returns in the title role in Manon as well as singing Leila in a new production of Les pêcheurs de perles.

Bekhzod Davronov returns as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, in which he opens at the Dresden Semperoper this weekend. Joshua Guerrero returns as Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra, Dmytro Popov sings Vaudémont in Iolanta, and Dmitry Belosselskiy returns as the Doktor in Wozzeck.

Ensemble members Stephanie Maitland and Anita Monserrat make returns, with Stephanie singing Mary in Der fliegende Holländer and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and Anita singing Zerlina in Don Giovanni respectively.

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