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Biography

Bass-Baritone Samuel Youn received his first vocal training in his hometown Seoul, and then completed his studies at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan and at the Conservatory of Cologne.

In 1999, he started his career at the Cologne Opera where he has established himself quickly as a leading dramatic bass baritone of his generation in roles like Amonasro/Aida, Tonio/Pagliacci, Kurwenal/Tristan und Isolde, Gunter/Götterdämmerung, Kaspar/Der Freischütz, Pizzaro/Fidelio, and the title role in Wagner`s Der fliegende Holländer. Besides his commitment at the Cologne Opera, he has also been invited on many international stages, including Opéra national de Paris, Opéra de Marseille, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro alla Scala, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Real de Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Teatro di San Carlo Naples, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Teatro Sao Carlo Lisbon, as well as the Bayreuth Festival and Edinburgh International Festival.

Samuel Youn collaborated with conductors, such as Philippe Jordan, Christian Thielemann, Andrew Davis, Marc Elder, Andris Nelsons, Juraj Valčuha, Semyon Bychkov, Marc Minkowski, Markus Stenz, Peter Ruzicka, Donald Runnicles, John Fiore, Will Humburg, Pinchas Steinberg, Zubin Mehta, and Pierre Boulez.

In 2012, Youn had his international breakthrough singing the title role in Der fliegende Holländer under the baton of Christian Thielemann at the Bayreuth Festival, followed by re-invitations (2013-15). 2015 had him return to the Bayreuth Festival and the Deutsche Oper Berlin for various productions, as well as debuting at the Theater an der Wien in the title role of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman and with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Highlights of the recent past include i.a. Scarpia/Tosca, Créon in Enescu‘s Oedipe and Raimondo Bidebent/Lucia di Lammermoor at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Alberich in Das Rheingold and Siegfried at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wanderer/Siegfried, Holländer/Der fliegende Holländer, Kurwenal/Tristan und Isolde, Jochanaan/Salome, Scarpia/Tosca and Méphisto/Damnation de Faust at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jago/Otello at Semperoper Dresden, Holländer/Der fliegende Holländer and Hagen/Ring cycle at Theater an der Wien, Gunther/Götterdämmerung at Gran Theatre de Liceu Barcelona, Alberich/Das Rheingold and Holländer/Der fliegende Holländer at Teatro Real de Madrid, König Heinrich/Lohengrin at Opéra de Marseille, as well as Orest/Elektra, Wotan//Wanderer/Der Ring an 1 Abend and Scarpia/Tosca at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Furthermore, Samuel Youn performed the roles Wanderer/Siegfried, Don Pizarro/Fidelio, Vodník/Rusalka, Scarpia/Tosca, Leporello/Don Giovanni and the title role in Bartók‘s Bluebeard’s Castle.

Engagements in the past season 19/20 included Kurwenal/Tristan und Isolde, Escamillo/Carmen at the Oper Köln and Tomsky/The Queen of Spades followed by Alberich/Götterdämmerung* at the Lyric Opera of Chicago under the direction of Andrew Davis. In the new season 20/21, Samuel Youn will initially be heard at the Opéra de Marseille as Scarpia/Tosca before returning to his parent company at the Cologne Opera with the roles of Méphistophélés/Faust and Escamillo/Carmen.

* Canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

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Artist Website

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Management

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Artist Manager

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Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

Beethoven	Symphony no. 9
Mahler	Symphony no. 8
Rossini	Stabat Mater
Schubert	Mass No. 5 in A flat major
Szymanowski	Stabat Mater op. 53
Verdi	Requiem

Repertoire Opera

Bartók	Bluebeard's Castle	Bluebeard
Beethoven	Fidelio	Don Fernando
		Don Pizarro
Bellini	Norma	Oroveso
Berg	Lulu	Dr. Schön
Berlioz	La damnation de Faust	Méphisophélès
Bizet	Carmen	Escamillo
Britten	Billy Budd	John Claggart
		Mr. Redburn
d'Albert	Tiefland	Sebastiano
Donizetti	Lucia di Lammermoor	Raimondo Bidebent
Dvorak	Rusalka	Wassermann
Enescu	Oedipe	Créon
Gounod	Faust	Méphisophélès
Humperdinck	Hansel and Gretel	Peter
Janacek	The Cunning Little Vixen	Háraschta
Leoncavallo	Pagliacci	Tonio
Mascagni	Cavalleria rusticana	Alfio
Mozart	Die Zauberflöte	Sprecher
Offenbach	Les contes d’Hoffmann	Villains
Puccini	Tosca	Scarpia
Saint-Saëns	Samson et Dalila	Le grand prêtre
Strauss, R.	Die Frau ohne Schatten	Barak
		Geisterbote
	Elektra	Orest
	Salome	Jochanaan
Verdi	Aida	Amonasro
	Attila	Attila
	La forza del destino	Don Carlos di Vagas
	Otello	Jago
		Montano
	Simon Boccanegra	Paolo Albiani
Wagner	Das Rheingold	Alberich
		Donner
		Wotan
	Der fliegende Holländer	Holländer
	Die Meistersinger v. Nürnberg	Hans Sachs
	Götterdämmerung	Gunther
		Hagen
	Lohengrin	Heerrufer des Königs
		Herald
	Parsifal	Amfortas
		Klingsor
	Siegfried	Wanderer
	Tannhäuser	Biterolf
		Reinmar von Zweter
	Tristan und Isolde	Kurwenal
		Melot
Weber	Der Freischütz	Kaspar

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Video
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Orquesta y Coro RTVE in Madrid
(Solo at 01'20'14):
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Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 under Myung-Whun Chung at Chorégie d'Orange
(Solo at 00'49'50):
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Siegfried/Alberich at the Lyric Opera of Chicago:
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Der fliegende Holländer/Holländer "Die Frist ist um". Concert in Seoul:
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