Bio:
Hyun Seung Son is a DMA (Doctor of Musical Art) candidate of UBC School of Music and a native Korean Baritone.
He achieved his Master’s degree at the Mannes College of Music (Class of 2003) in New York City and his Bachelor of Music is from Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea (1999). He studied with Nancy Hermiston, James Patrick Raftery, Peter Barcza in Canada and MO. Joseph Collaneri, MO. Ted Taylor, Ruth Falcon, Thomas G. Cultice, Susan Woodruff Versage, and Susan Caldwell in New York City.
He sang various Italian opera roles and Arias for Concert and Opera in New York City; ‘Count’ from “The Marriage of Figaro”, ‘Scarpia’ from “Tosca”, ‘Rigoletto’ from “Rigoletto”, ‘Dulcamara’ from “Lelisir D’amore”, etc. He sang ‘John’ from “Counsel”, ‘Music Teacher’ from “Ariadne auf Naxos”, ‘Micahele’ from “Il Tabarro”, ‘Ponchel’ from “Silent Night”, ‘Speaker’ from “Magic Flute” with UBC Opera. He also has musical theatre repertoire to teach like “Miss Saigon”, “Les Miserable”, “Into the Woods”, “Phantom of the Opera” and many other musical theatre music. He performed world premiere musical productions in South Korea.