Age: 32
Chanhee Cho’s recent operatic roles include Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte at the Tonstudio Tessmar Hannover and Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Korea National Opera in Seoul. He is a former member of the Dutch National Opera Studio where he performed the second soldier in Salome, among other roles. Chanhee Cho earned his bachelor’s degree at Hanyang University in Seoul and in currently studying for master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover, Germany.
: Esther Gonthier
Principal Teachers
- SooJin Lee
- Paul Weigold
- Peter Anton Ling
- Neil Shicoff
- Edith Wiens
- Eytan Pessen
- Carlo Colombara
- Luciana Serra
- Helmut Deutsch
Major Competitions
- Finalist, Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka, 2023
- Finalist, Juan Pons International Singing Competition, 2022
- 1st Prize, Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition, 2017
- 1st Prize, Viotti International Music Competition, 2016
PROGRAMME
FIRST ROUND: ARIA
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Madamina, il catalogo è questo
(Don Giovanni)
CARL MARIA VON WEBER Schweig, damit dich niemand warnt!
(Der Freischütz)
JULIEN BILODEAU La colombe
(La beauté du monde)
FIRST ROUND: ART SONG
FRANZ SCHUBERT Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt · An die Türen will ich schleichen · Wer nie sein Brot mit Thränen ass
(Drei Gesänge des Harfners aus “Wilhelm Meister” D478)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Don Zhuan serenade
(Chest’ romansov, op. 38)
FRANCIS POULENC La belle jeunesse
(Huit chansons gaillardes)
ART SONG PRIZE FINAL
MAURICE RAVEL Chanson romanesque · Chanson épique · Chanson à boire
(Don Quichotte à Dulcinée)
FRANZ SCHUBERT Der Atlas · Ihr Bild · Der Doppelgänger
(Schwanengesang, D957)
SEMIFINAL
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?
(Messiah)
CHARLES GOUNOD Vous qui faites l’endormie
(Faust)
GIOACHINO ROSSINI La calunnia è un venticello
(Il barbiere di Siviglia)
FINAL
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Aprite un po’ quegli occhi
(Le nozze di Figaro)
GIUSEPPE VERDI Come dal ciel precipita
(Macbeth)
GEORGES BIZET Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
(Carmen)
The presence of Chanhee Cho in Montreal is generously sponsored by Serge Gouin.
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