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HAERAN HONG
SOPRANO
BIOGRAPHY
Soprano Haeran Hong, named the International Queen Elizabeth Grand Prize winner, has been noted as “charming of form, manner, and voice.” Recent engagements include the début of the role of Violetta in La Traviata with Opera in Williamsburg, the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor with Florida Grand Opera, the title role in Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco with Odyssey Opera, and a return to the Metropolitan Opera as a Flower Maiden in Parsifal. Additional engagements include the title role of Händel’s Semele with Pacific Musicworks in Seattle, and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at Princeton Festival.
Ms. Hong initially joined the Metropolitan Opera roster as Crowned Child in Macbeth and returned shortly thereafter in Robert Lepage’s production of Siegfried, to sing the Flower Maiden in Parsifal, and to cover the roles of Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffman, Nannetta in Falstaff, and Sophie in Werther, as well as for their productions of Die Frau ohne Schatten, Dialogues des Carmélites, and Un ballo in maschera.
With Juilliard Opera, she performed the title role of L’incoronazione di Poppea, Sister Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, Dalinda in Ariodante, and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. She also sang the role of Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro and covered the role of Seleuce in Tolomeo, re d’Egitto as a member of Glimmerglass Opera’s Young American Artists program.
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CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"...a voice like purest nectar [...] effortlessly graceful..." – Operaticus.com
Dialogues des Carmelites – “Haeran Hong, with a porcelain visage and a voice like purest nectar, was perfectly cast as Constance. She brought humor and a bird-like energy, as well as effortlessly graceful phrasing, to the part.”
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"...a lighter, more sweetly lyrical timbre." – Allan Kozinn
Dialogues des Carmelites – “Haeran Hong, as Sister Constance, Blanche’s closest companion among the nuns, matched the impulses of Ms. Goonetilleke’s performance in their joint scenes, but with a lighter, more sweetly lyrical timbre.
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"...a clear, sparkling instrument..." – Super Conductor
L’incoronazione di Poppea – “Korean soprano Haeran Hong made the most of Poppea, singing the high-lying music with a clear, sparkling instrument.”
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"...Hong's acrobatic soprano [...] inspired spontaneous bursts of applause..." – Seattle Times
Semele – “That castle is capped by a spire that is Haeran Hong’s acrobatic soprano voice in the title role, which inspired spontaneous bursts of applause and cries of ‘Brava!’”
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"...gleaming tone and deftly negotiated..." – Steve Smith
Ariodante – “Among the fresh voices heard, the most finished were those of Haeran Hong, a soprano who sang with gleaming tone and deftly negotiated ornate lines as Dalinda, Ginevra’s confidante; Anthony Roth Costanzo, an intense, engaging countertenor, who played the treacherous Polinesso; and Shenyang.”