Biography

Young Doo Park studied at Kyung Hee University in Seoul with Hun Lee and, from 2009, with Heinz Reeh at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. In 2005, he won first prize at the Seoul Symphony's singing competition and, in 2006, second prize at the KBS (Korean Broadcasting) singing competition. While still a student, he sang the roles of the Grand Inquisitor/Don Carlo, Don Fernando/Fidelio, Simone/Gianni Schicchi, Leporello and Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni at the Berlin University of the Arts.

From 2010 to 2012, he was a member of the International Opera Studio at Cologne Opera and became a permanent member of the ensemble in the following season. At Cologne Opera, he has performed roles including Il Commendatore/Don Giovanni, Titurel/Parsifal, 2nd Armoured Man/The Magic Flute, Hunter/Snow White, Mago/Rinaldo, Antinoo in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Julian Pinelli/Die Gezeichneten, Melisso/Alcina and Padre Guardiano/La forza del destino.

In spring 2013, Park was a finalist in the Francisco Viñas Singing Competition in Barcelona and joined the ensemble of the Staatstheater Wiesbaden at the beginning of the 2014/15 season, where he has since performed the roles of Sarastro/Zauberflöte, Orest/Elektra and King Marke/Tristan and Isolde under the direction of Uwe Eric Laufenberg, as well as Veit Pogner/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Hermann/Tannhäuser, Hunding/Die Walküre, Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried, Oroveso/Norma, Gremin/Eugen Onegin, Lodovico/Otello, Cesare Angelotti/Tosca, Sparafucile/Rigoletto, Cekunov in a Janacek double bill, Bonze/Madama Butterfly, Colline/La Bohème, Heinrich der Vogler/Lohengrin, Filippo II and Il Grande Inquisitore in Don Carlo, Daland in a new production of Der fliegende Holländer, Rocco in a revival of Fidelio, Kvartalniy and Pope in Lady Macbeth, Samuel/Un ballo in maschera, also enjoying great success as Zaccaria alongside Anna Netrebko in Nabucco. 

Engagements in recent seasons have included Fafner/Das Rheingold at the Theater Bern, Orest/Elektra at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Zaccaria/Nabucco at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and Komtur/Don Giovanni at the Kristiansand Opera House and Staatstheater Kassel.

In 25/26  at Staatstheater Wiesbaden he will take on roles including Basilio/The Barber of Seville, King Marke/Tristan and Isolde, Timur/Turandot and can be heard in a recital.

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Rheingold / Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden / 01.03.2024 / ioco.de

"Young Doo Park besticht in der Rolle des gewaltbereiten Fafner (Rheingold, Siegfried). Mit bedrohlicher Präsenz, mit klarem beweglichen Bass, dominiert er gefährlich scharf und beeindruckend als Drache. Seine Riesenstimme ist darstellerisch ebenso fesselnd wie sängerisch einprägsam. Das prädestiniert ihn auch für die Rolle des bösen Hunding (Walküre). Erschreckend brutal und verschlagen, mit Hass und innerer Wucht, verfolgt er Siegmund. Seine Stimme lässt Erschauern. Er ist ein gefährlicher und furchteinflößender Gegner. [...]" 

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