Cho Jeong-ki

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 조정기
Revised
Romanization 		Jo Jeong-gi
McCune-
Reischauer 		Cho Chŏngki

Cho Jeong-ki (born in Gwangju Province , South Korea ) is a South Korean opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Cho was a finalist of the Cologne International Singing Competition and recipient of numerous other prizes. He gained his first major experience on the opera stage and as an oratorio singer v. a. in South Korea, e.g. B. as Mengone in Joseph Haydn's Lo spezial and as Don José in Georges Bizet's Carmen , as well as with the tenor solo in Georg Friedrich Handel's Messiah and Ludwig van Beethoven's Christ on the Mount of Olives .

Since the 2008/09 season, Cho has been a member of the international opera studio of the Cologne Opera . a. as Yamadori in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly and young sailor in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde as well as in productions of the children's opera.

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Cho is the family name here, Jeong-ki is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Cho, Jeong-ki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Gwangju Province , South Korea