Soon-Wook Ka
tenor
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 | |
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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 |