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.
Favorite concert engagements include Händel’s Messiah with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; a concert of Händel music with Maestro Harry Bicket and the Hong Kong Philharmonic; Bach’s Wass Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan and Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes with the La Jolla Summer Fest; Villa Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 with the Aspen Music Festival; a concert with the Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra in Korea; a gala concert at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; plus Rutter’s Mass of the Children and excerpts from Messiah at Carnegie Hall.
Recent international engagements include her début with the International Festival Echternach in Luxembourg, where she performed with the Orchestre Phiharmonique du Luxembourg. She was invited to sing for Queen Paola Foundation’s Annual Christmas Concert in Belgium, returned to Korea for a concert in Seoul with Prime Philharmonic Orchestra and for a production of L’elisir d’amore as Adina with Seoul Metropolitan Opera, and traveled to Brazil for a series of recitals in such venues as Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo.
Ms. Hong was named a Finalist in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia, the World Opera Competition, as well as a National Finalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Korean National University of Arts, as well as a Master of Music Degree and Artistic Diploma in Opera Studies from The Juilliard School.
