Sung Min Song

Sung Min Song is a South Korean operatic tenor who has performed internationally, based in Germany. He is focused on Italian opera and 19th-century oratorios including Puccini's Messa di Gloria and Verdi's Requiem. A member of the Saarländisches Staatstheater from 2017, he is capable of performing tenor roles with a high tessitura such as Arnold in Rossini's Guillaume Tell.

Life and career Sung min Song was born in Seoul. He was first an informatics engineer. In the 2022/23 season, Song portrayed the Prince in Dvořák's Rusalka at the Komische Oper Berlin, directed by Barrie Kosky. and at the Herkulessaal of the Residenz in Munich in memory of Enoch zu Guttenberg. He performed the part also with Philharmonischer Chor Bochum and Bochumer Symphoniker, conducted by Magdalena Klein at the Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr the same year. On 3 October 2022, he sang Verdi's Requiem again, with Talia Or, Silvia Hauer, Johannes Hill, Chor von St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden and members of the Hessisches Staatsorchester conducted by Johannes Schröder, in a version for small ensemble. Rossini: Stabat Mater, Bamberger Symphoniker, Alain Altinoglu. BR-Klassik 19 July 2016