Edward Kim
Baritone
Biography
Edward Kim is a young baritone from South Korea. He graduated from Royal College of Music with a Master of Performance in 2021, where he studied with soprano Janis Kelly and vocal coach Caroline Dowdle. Edward is currently a second year student of the David Seligman Opera School of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, studying with baritone Donald Maxwell, tenor Adrian Thompson and vocal coach John Fisher. In the past year, Edward participated in the Verbier Festival as part of the Atelier Lyrique and sung as a soloist in the Welsh National Opera Gala. He also won the Eileen Price Prize for Lieder singing and Michael Jones Contemporary Opera prize in RWCMD. Recently, he was awarded the Special Prize in the 3rd International Antonina Campi Vocal Competition in Lublin, Poland. Operatic e
Performance credits
Past performances 2021 — Yesterday
Semi-staged Double Bill: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, MascagniLeoncavallo
The Singapore Lyric OperaSilvio
View program, cast and crewOf love and war…, BeethovenBizetDonizettiGounodMozartHändelVerdiWagner, RichardBelliniLysenko
HGOSoloist + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewPříhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Janáček
HGORevírník (Forester)
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Biography
Edward Kim is a young baritone from South Korea. He graduated from Royal College of Music with a Master of Performance in 2021, where he studied with soprano Janis Kelly and vocal coach Caroline Dowdle. Edward is currently a second year student of the David Seligman Opera School of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, studying with baritone Donald Maxwell, tenor Adrian Thompson and vocal coach John Fisher. In the past year, Edward participated in the Verbier Festival as part of the Atelier Lyrique and sung as a soloist in the Welsh National Opera Gala. He also won the Eileen Price Prize for Lieder singing and Michael Jones Contemporary Opera prize in RWCMD. Recently, he was awarded the Special Prize in the 3rd International Antonina Campi Vocal Competition in Lublin, Poland. Operatic e
