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Sumi Jo
Soprano
South Korean coloratura soprano Sumi Jo has established herself as one of the foremost outstanding artists of her generation, known for her remarkable agility, musicianship and versatility. As the highest selling Classical singer in the world, with over 50 recordings to her credit, Sumi has collaborated with the world’s most prominent conductors, opera and is houses and record labels, now in constant demand as a performer and special guest artist at gala concerts and events globally.
This season, Sumi launches the inaugural ‘Sumi Jo International Singing Competition’, which will take place in July 2024, and will be situated in the beautiful surroundings of the Chateau de La Ferte-Imbault, a medieval Castle just outside of Paris.
Artist Manager
Camilla Wehmeyer
camilla@wehmeyermanagement.com
Assistant Artist Manager
Oliver Titheridge-Stone
News
Sumi Jo returns to China on tour with I Musici
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We are thrilled to announce that Sumi Jo is returning to China this May for concerts with I Musici.
Performances will be at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, on 3 May and at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre on 5 May. The programme will include pieces from Vivaldi, Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, Handel and Purcell.
This tour comes ahead of the inaugural Sumi Jo International Singing Competition in France this July.
For details of Sumi's performances with I Musici, please see the Beijing NCPA website here and the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre website here.
Posted 29/04/2024
![[MV] Sumi Jo(조수미) _ I’m A Korean](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b2joxQdC5DE/maxresdefault.jpg)
Media
Repertoire Includes
Concert
BERG
Lulu Suite
BRAHMS
Requiem
DVOŘÁK
Song to the Moon
FAURE
Requiem
GLIERE
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano in F Minor
KILAR
The Ninth Gate “Vocalise”
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Concert arias (Various)
Mass in C minor
ORFF
Carmina Burana
STRAUSS, R.
Lieder der Frauen
Morgen
VILLA LOBOS
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Opera
ADAMS
Nixon in China Madame (Mao)
BELLINI
I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Giulietta)
I Puritani (Elvira)
La Sonnambula (Amina)
DONIZETTI
Don Pasquale (Norina)
Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia)
MOZART
Lucio Silla (Giunia)
POULENC
Les Dialogues des Carmelites (Constance)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Le Coq D’or (Shemakha)
ROSSINI
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Il Turco in Italia (Fiorilla)
Le Comte Ory (Adele)
STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (Zerbinetta)
Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie)
THOMAS
Hamlet (Ophelie)
VERDI
Rigoletto (Gilda)
Un Ballo In Maschera (Oscar)
Selected Discography
Press
MAD FOR LOVE Australian concert tour with José Carbó
Melbourne Recital Centre
“Sumi Jo has won hearts around the world for her thrilling lyric coloratura soprano voice, her artistry and her engaging personality […] she demonstrated why her stratospheric upper range, astonishing agility and expressive warmth have made her the highest selling classical singer in the world.".
Heather Leviston, Classical Melbourne (July 2018)
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Jo performed a handful of Korean folksongs with heart-wrenching passion, and indulged so gloriously in the ornate and ethereal a cappella melismas of Alabiev’s Nightingale.
Bridget O’Brien, Cut Common Magazine (August 2018)
City Recital Hall Angel Place Sydney
“Jo was at her most captivating in Auber’s C’est L’histoire Amoureuse from his Manon Lescaut (a popular operatic story set also by Massenet and Puccini). The character and musical genre suited her perfectly and the French language was both clear and idiomatic. The agile coquettish soubrette sparkled in this aria”
Victoria Watson, Sound like Sydney (July 2018)
Hong Kong Philharmonic / HK Cultural Centre Concert Hall
“Technically assured throughout her range, Jo pulled out all her hallmark super-high notes with aplomb and finesse in dynamic control”
Sam Olluver, South China Morning Post (Feb 2014)
