From: Seoul, South Korea. LA Opera: 12 roles to date including Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (2016); Scarpia in Tosca (2017); Marcello in La Bohème (2019); Germont in La Traviata (2024).. He was a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program from 2013 to 2017.
Since the 2017/18 season, he has been an ensemble member of the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. His appearances in Oldenburg for the 2022/23 season include Alberich in Das Rheingold, Wotan in Die Walküre, the Wanderer in Siegfried, Gunther in Götterdämmerung, the title role of Mendelsohn's Elijah, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, Tonio in Pagliacci and Herr von Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier.
In 2014, he made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, as a soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. In 2015, he performed several roles in the U.S. premiere of Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. That same year, he performed Figaro in Giovanni Paisiello's 1782 The Barber of Seville, under the baton of James Conlon with the USC Thornton School of Music Orchestra. In 2016, he was featured as Delirio in the U.S. premiere of Florian Gassmann's 1769 comedy L'Opera Seria at Wolf Trap Opera. In 2014, he made his role debut as Escamillo in Carmen with the Aspen Opera Theater.
