TaehanKim

Taehan Kim is a South Korean baritone who is rapidly emerging as one of the most compelling voices of his generation. He graduated with top honors from the College of Music at Seoul National University and continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.

In 2023, at the age of 22, Taehan won First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, becoming one of the youngest winners in the competition’s history. His performance was widely praised, with Opera Magazine describing him as “a baritone with a gorgeous voice, a very solid technique, and truly deep empathy in all the works he chose to perform.” That same year, he also received the Rolex Prize of the Audience at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia. In 2022, Taehan had already earned recognition at the Neue Stimmen competition, receiving the Brian Dickie Young Talent Award, as well as prizes at the Riccardo Zandonai and Tenor Viñas competitions.

From the 2023/24 season, Taehan has been a member of the International Opera Studio at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. His roles there have included Zweiter Geharnischter (Die Zauberflöte), Marquis d’Obigny (La traviata), Marullo (Rigoletto), Hunter (Rusalka), Yamadori (Madama Butterfly), Jailer (Tosca), Sid (La fanciulla del West), First Strelitz (Chowanschtschina), Grégorio (Roméo et Juliette), and Soldier 1 in the world premiere of "Melancholie des Widerstands" by Marc-André Dalbavie. He also appeared in a Liedrecital at the Apollosaal of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden with mezzo-soprano Corinna Scheurle, with music director and pianist Thomas Guggeis.

From the 2025/26 season, Taehan will join the ensemble of Oper Frankfurt. He will make his house debut as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, the first new production of the season, conducted by the company’s General Music Director, Thomas Guggeis. Looking ahead, Taehan is scheduled to make a number of exciting role debuts with Oper Frankfurt, further deepening his artistic development.