Sejong Chang

Bass

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PROFILE

South Korean bass Sejong Chang completed his vocal studies at Hanyang University in Seoul and at University of Music in Cologne. He performed his first roles Figaro/ Le nozze di Figaro, Don Alfonso and Guglielmo/ Cosi fan tutte as well as Sarastro/ Die Zauberflöte in South Korea. 2011/2012 he was a member of the opera studio at Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, where his roles included Marchese d’Obigny/ La Traviata, Heger/ Rusalka, Mariano D`Albino in Trojahn’s La grande magia and Mordred in Albéniz’ Merlin.

Since 2012/2013 Sejong Chang has been an ensemble member at Oper Leipzig building up a broad repertoire with such roles as FigaroLe Nozze di Figaro, AlidoroLa CenerentolaDon BasilioIl Barbiere di SivigliaRaimondoLucia di LammermoorSarastroDie ZauberflöteJack WallaceLa fanciulla del West, CollineLa BohèmeMandarinTurandot, ZunigaCarmen, Un FrateDon Carlo, GrenvilLa TraviataIl gran SacerdoteNabucco, HáraschtaDas schlaue FüchsleinJoeAufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, PolizeikommissarDer RosenkavalierBassJohannespassionHans FoltzDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg, FeenkönigDie FeenRaimondoRienziReinmarTannhäuser as well as Danieli/Das Liebesverbot in cooperation with Bayreuther Festspielen/BF Medien.

As a guest Sejong Chang has appeared as FigaroLe Nozze di Figaro at Teatro comunale di Bolzano and Theater Chemnitz, as Alidoro/La Cenerentola at Theater Chemnitz, as FeenkönigDie Feen at Theater Regensburg, as Masetto/Don Giovanni in Solingen and Remscheid, as the Cold Genius in Purcell’s King Arthur/ Dido and Aeneas at Theater Aachen and as Baron Mirko ZetaDie lustige Witwe in Leichlingen. At the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2019 he performed Reinmar/ Tannhäuser.

In concert Sejong Chang has sung Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (at theBeethovenhalle in Bonn), Bach’s Johannespassion, Händel’s Messiah, Mozart’sVesperae solennes de Confessore, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, Schubert’s Mass in G major, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Berlioz’L’Enfance du Christ and Dvo?ák’s Stabat Mater (at the Cologne Philharmony).

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