Korean American dramatic mezzo-soprano, Sabina Kim, is a prize winner in many internationally recognized competitions. She is a two-time awardee of The Metropolitan National Council Auditions and was a prize winner in the inaugural Marcello Giordani International Vocal Competition in Catania, Italy. Sabina also won top prizes in the 2014 Argiris International Vocal Competition in Italy and the Lauritz Melchior International Wagner Singing Competition in Denmark in 2017.
Ms. Kim has performed the role of Granny Gia in Bright Sheng’s Dream of the Red Chamber at the San Francisco Opera in 2022, the role of Suzuki with the Pacific Symphony and the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and at the Royal Albert Hall in Raymond Gubbay’s beloved, in-the-round production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. She made her Korean National Opera début as Gertrude in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette and has performed the role of Amneris in Verdi’s Aida at both Knoxville Opera and at the Daegu International Opera Festival. With the Ulsan Singers Opera, she has performed Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor and she made her Wagnerian début with the Bogotá Symphony in Colombia, where she sang Brangäne in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
As a former soprano, Sabina’s professional engagements include the title role of Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Leonora in Il Trovatore, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte. Remarkably, she has also sung both the soprano and mezzo-soprano solos in Verdi’s Requiem.
Sabina has performed numerous concerts and recitals in major venues throughout Korea and The United States, including Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Busan Cultural Center Hall. Sabina holds a Master of Music Degree from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music Degree and a Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College.