Korean-American soprano, Kathleen Kim, has been heralded by Opera News as "spectacular," by the Chicago Sun-Times as "a revelation" and "tiny dynamo," and the Chicago Tribune has noted that Ms. Kim "nailed her stratospheric coloratura aria with a precise, penetrating soprano." Such ecstatic reviews reflect the excitement the artist is generating, internationally, at many of the world’s premiere opera houses and concert halls.

During the 2010-11 season, Ms. Kim appears in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of Nixon in China singing the role of Chiang Ch’ing, directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by John Adams, and reprises her acclaimed portrayal of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos in the company’s popular Elijah Moshinsky production conducted by Fabio Luisi. The artist makes her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte and returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Oscar in Un ballo in Maschera in a production directed by Renata Scotto and conducted by Asher Fisch. Handel features prominently in Ms. Kim’s season calendar with a return to Central City Opera for the North American premiere of Amadigi di Gaula directed by Alessandro Talevi and conducted by Matthew Halls as well as a debut at Boston Lyric Opera in a production of Agrippinadirected by Lillian Groag and conducted by Gary Thor Wedow.

Kathleen Kim bowed last season at the Metropolitan Opera as Olympia in Bartlett Sher’s new production ofLes contes d’Hoffmann under the baton of James Levine as well as in performances of Ariadne auf Naxosconducted by Kirill Petrenko. Additional performances of the season included Armida in Handel’s Rinaldo at Central City Opera, the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte at Atlanta Opera, an outdoor opera gala concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and concerts with Myung-Whun Chung and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

Performances of recent seasons also include Un ballo in Maschera at the Metropolitan Opera, Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Minnesota Opera, La fille du Régimentwith the Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera, andNixon in China for the Chicago Opera Theater.

A graduate of the Ryan Opera Center of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ms. Kim appeared during her apprenticeship as Adele in Die Fledermaus, First Priestess in Iphigénie en Tauride,Page in Rigoletto, Milliner in Der Rosenkavalier,and as Frasquita in Carmen.

Kathleen Kim has been recognized with numerous prizes and awards including a Sullivan Foundation Award, Sarasota Opera Guild’s Leo Rogers Scholarship, and the Rose Ann Grundman Scholarship of the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation voice competition in Chicago. She was a prize winner of the Mario Lanza Competition, a National Finalist of the MacAllister Awards, and a prize winner of the Liederkranz Competition.

Ms. Kim received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Manhattan School of Music.