Light Kwon
Korean spelling | |
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Korean alphabet : | 헬렌 권 |
Revised Romanization : | Hellen Gwon |
McCune-Reischauer : | Hellen Kwŏn |
real name | |
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Hangeul | 권해선 |
Hanja | 權 海 善 |
Revised Romanization |
Gwon Hae-seon |
McCune- Reischauer |
Kwon Haeson |
Heseon Hellen Kwon (born January 11, 1961 in Seoul ) is a South Korean opera singer. The coloratura soprano has been a member of the Hamburg State Opera ensemble since 1987 .
Life
Kwon studied from 1979 to 1984 at the Cologne University of Music with Dietger Jacob . In 1984 she won first prize in the Italian Novara International Singing Competition . In the same year she made her debut as Queen of the Night at the Wiesbaden State Theater. For his opera La Foret , which premiered in 1986 at the Grand Théâtre de Genève , Rolf Liebermann composed a role for Hellen Kwon. As head of the Hamburg State Opera , he brought her to the house as a member of the ensemble, where she has since enjoyed success in many roles.
So far she has sung the role of Queen of the Night at all major opera houses, including Paris, Zurich , the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Vienna State Opera . The singer was also engaged at numerous international festivals: in 1988 at the Bayreuth Festival , 1989 in Aix en Provence, 1990 in Glyndebourne and in 1991 in Abduction from the Seraglio at the Salzburg Festival . In addition to her operatic activities, Hellen Kwon has also made a name for herself in the concert sector. Hellen Kwon sang under renowned conductors such as James Levine , Vladimir Ashkenazy , Giuseppe Sinopoli , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Zubin Mehta , Wolfgang Sawallisch and Neville Marriner .
In 2010, Hellen Kwon received the Rolf Mares Prize for her role in Das Gehege in the Hamburg State Opera in the category “Exceptional Performances in Performers”. In 2011, at the suggestion of opera director Simone Young, the Hamburg Senate awarded her the honorary title of Hamburger Kammersängerin . In 2012, Hellen Kwon was awarded the “Order of Civil” by the Korean government.
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- Queen of the Night ( The Magic Flute )
- Sophie ( The Rosenkavalier )
- Zerbinetta ( Ariadne on Naxos )
- Zdenka ( Arabella )
- Gretel ( Hansel and Gretel )
- Olympia, Antonia ( Hoffmann's stories )
- Rosina ( The Barber of Seville )
- Norina ( Don Pasquale )
- Adina ( L'elisir d'amore )
- Liu ( Turandot )
- Nightingale ( The Birds )
- Micaela ( Carmen )
- Nedda ( Pagliacci )
- Adele ( The Bat )
- Susanna ( Le nozze di Figaro )
- Blonde ( The Abduction from the Seraglio )
- Donna Anna ( Don Giovanni )
- Donna Elvira ( Don Giovanni )
- Konstanze ( The Abduction from the Seraglio )
- Elektra ( Idomeneo )
- Vitellia ( La clemenza di Tito )
- Fiordiligi ( Così fan tutte )
- Despina ( Così fan tutte )
- Oscar ( Un ballo in maschera )
- Gilda ( Rigoletto )
- Nanetta ( Falstaff )
- Mimi ( La Bohème )
- Minni ( La fanciulla del West )
- Musetta ( La Bohème )
- Cio-Cio-San ( Madama Butterfly )
- Violetta ( La traviata )
- Rosalinde ( The Bat )
- Fox ( the clever little fox )
- Agathe ( Der Freischütz )
- Salome ( Salome )
- Senta ( The Flying Dutchman )
- The woman ( Wolfgang Rihm : The enclosure )
Discography (selection)
- 1993: Capriccio - Fanny Hensel : Concert aria Infelice! ... Ah! Ritorna
- 1994: Naxos - The Queen of the Night ( The Magic Flute )
- 1994: DECCA - Part of the Nightingale ( Walter Braunfels : The Birds )
- 1995: Arte Nova - JS Bach: Cantata BWV 51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen , Mozart: Motet KV 165: Exultate, jubilate
- 1995: Arte Nova - Christmas Cantatas ( Alessandro Scarlatti : Cantata Pastorale , Baldassare Galuppi : Christmas Aria , Christoph Bernhard : Do not be afraid )
- 1996: Samsung - Mozart: Opera Arias (Queen of the Night, Konstanze, Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, Contessa, Susanna, Despina, Pamina)
- 1996: ArteNova - Songs of Romanticism (Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Schönberg)
- 1997: Arte Nova - Mahler: Symphony No. 4 : We enjoy heavenly joys ...
- 1998: Arte Nova - Mendelssohn: Paulus
- 1998: Arte Nova - JS Bach: Mass in B minor
- 1998: Arte Nova - Richard Strauss: Four last songs
- 2000: Arte Nova Voices - Mozart: Concert arias
- 2008: OEHMS Classics - Part of Freia (Wagner: Das Rheingold )
- 2008: OEHMS Classics - Part of Gerhilde (Wagner: Die Walküre )
Web links
- Works by and about Hellen Kwon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hellen Kwon in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Hellen Kwon at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Hellen Kwon on the pages of the Hamburg State Opera
- Hellen Kwon on the pages of the Bayreuth Festival
- Hellen Kwon at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Hellen Kwon at Bach Cantatas (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ <사람들> 재독 동포 소프라노 헬렌 권 . Yonhap News Agency, October 6, 2011 (Korean).
- ↑ 25 일 첫 귀국 독창회 갖는 在 獨 소프라노 權 海 善 씨 , Dong-a Ilbo . August 24, 1994, p. 25.
- ^ Prize winners 2010 on the website of the Rolf Mares Prize of the Hamburg Theater , accessed on February 16, 2011.
- ↑ Kwon and Rossmanith become chamber singers . In: Hamburger Abendblatt from February 11, 2011.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kwon, hell |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heseon Hellen, Kwon (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean opera singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul |