Soon-Wook Ka
tenor
 
Soon-Wook Ka was born in Korea and studied from 2014 to 2017 at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln under Prof. Thomas Piffka. He had already won several vocal competitions in Korea. During his studies in Germany, he took part in university productions of Joseph Haydn’s "Nelson Mass" and Ludwig van Beethoven’s "Mass in C major". In the 2015/16 season, he appeared in the Hochschule production of Maurice Ravel’s "L'heure espagnole" at Theater Aachen.

Further productions at this house followed, as a scholarship holder of the Theater Initiative Aachen: "Macbeth", "Ariadne auf Naxos", "Orphée et Eurydice", "Il Trittico". He later returned as a guest to perform in "La Traviata", "L’incoronazione di Poppea", and "Don Giovanni".

In addition, he was engaged at the Bonn Opera during the 2016/17 season, where he appeared in "La Bohème" and "Ronja Räubertochter".

Since the 2018/19 season, he has been a permanent member of the ensemble at Theater Aachen, where he has sung in productions such as "La Forza del destino", "Roméo et Juliette", "A Quiet Place", "Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein", and revivals of "La Traviata", "Werther", "The Wizard of Oz", "Pique Dame", "Turandot", "Carmen", "The Merry Widow", and "Sweeney Todd".

In 2024, Soon-Wook Ka won First Prize at the international vocal competition "Grandi Voci" in Salzburg.

Repertoire

Composer Part Opera
Arnecke Klein-Klipp Ronja Räubertochter
Berg Tambourmajor Wozzeck
Bernstein Funeral director A Quiet Place
Bizet Don Jose Carmen
Blech Hans Alpenkönig
Lehár Camille de Rosillon Die lustige Witwe
Gluck Orphée Orphée et Eurydice
Gounod Tybalt, Benvolio Roméo et Juliette
Massenet Werther Werther
Mozart Don Ottavio Don Giovanni
Monteverdi 1. Soldato Die Krönung der Poppea
Offenbach Prinz Paul Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein
Puccini Pang Turandot
Parpignol La Bohème
Schreier Blechmann Der Zauber von Oz
Sondheim Beadle Sweeney Todd
R. Strauss Tanzmeister Ariadne auf Naxos
Tschaikovsky Chekalinsky Pique Dame
Verdi Stiffelio Stiffelio
Mastro Trabuco La forza del destino
Gastone La Traviata
Malcom Macbeth