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Won Cho, bass-baritone...

b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up November 2007 Celebrated Korean-Canadian Bass baritone Won Cho is known for the unique range and beauty of his voice as well as his outstanding acting ability. Thanks to his energetic voice and stage presence, Korean-Canadian bass-baritone Won Cho is in demand in both concert and operatic repertoire, appearing with many of the opera houses and orchestras of the U.S., Canada, Europe, Mid East, and his native Korea. His voice is described as "possesses the voice and presence to make himself instantly known on stage". He recently made his Mexico debut as Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra during Carlos Miguel Prieto’s final performance as music director with that orchestra and his other recent engagements during 2006-2007 season were Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Mercury Opera of Rochester, Melchior in Amahl & the Night Visitors and Bach’s b minor Mass with The Western New York Chamber Orchestra in Buffalo, Leporello in Don Giovanni at Southern Illinois Music Festival, Messiah in Toronto and Buffalo, Lord Nelson Mass in Toronto, Duruflé’s Requiem at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Buffalo, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasie, Mass in C Major, and the World Premiere of Randol Bass' "Passage Into Spirit" with Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus/Orchestra .His 2007-2008 season includes Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Messiah with Tampa Oratorio Society, Messiah with Sarasota Chorale Society, Saint Saens’ Christmas Oratorio with Hyde Park Methodist church, Bass solo in Haydn’s The Creation in Toronto, Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme with Mercury Opera of Rochester, NY, The Creation in Toronto, and Missa Solemnis and Lord Nelson Mass at The Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. He was the 3rd prize winner of The 31st Vincenzo Bellini International Opera Competition in Italy where Dame. Joan Sutherland was the chair adjudicator, 1st prize winner of The Artist International Music Competition in Toronto, Canada, and a Regional Finalist at The Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Audition. Additional honors and awards he has received include prizes from The Amici Vocal Competition, Operafest! of New Hampshire competition, voice scholarship from Boston University, and The University of Memphis where he was a Hohenberg-Scheidt Opera Fellow. Mr. Cho has sung with such companies as Opera Memphis, East Slovak State Opera, Mississippi Opera, Operafest! of New Hampshire, Dicapo Opera of NYC, Opera Theater of Connecticut, Ocean State Opera, New Jersey Verismo Opera, Longwood Opera, Washington Concert Opera, and Utah Festival Opera as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Sarastro in Magic Flute, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Bonzo in Madama Butterfly, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor only to name the major roles. He currently is on the roster of Thea Dispeker Artist Management in New York City. Won Cho received his degrees from Manhattan School of Music, Boston University, and University of Memphis. He has served at University of Northern Iowa (Assistant Professor of Voice), State University of New York in Fredonia (Assistant Professor of Voice / Coordinator of Opera Program) and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Voice & Coordinator of Opera Program at University of South Florida. b i o....r e s u m e....r e v i e w s back to roster...up . click here to read Won Cho's resume (MS Word) . . .

. r e v i e w s..........back to roster....up “Won Cho, as Coppelius, possesses the voice and presence to make himself instantly known on stage” Les Contes d”Hoffmann with The University of Memphis Opera The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee 2001 “In the title role Won Cho was more than capable. His was a lengthy, demanding part. His voice was strong throughout and his diction excellent” Elijah with The Metropolitan Chorale Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Waterloo, Iowa b i o....r e s u m e....r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .