Samuel Youn (Korean: 윤태현;RR: Yun Tae-hyeon;MR: Yun T'aehyŏn; born 1971) is a South Koreanoperaticbass baritone.
Youn was born inSeoul, South Korea.
Samuel Youn studied voice in Seoul, inMilan, and at theCologne University of Music under Arthur Janzen. He has been a member of theCologne Opera since the 1999/2000 season. At Cologne he has sung among other roles Kaspar inDer Freischütz, Jochanaan inRichard Strauss'Salome, Escamillo inBizet'sCarmen, and theWagnerian roles of Donner and Gunther inDer Ring des Nibelungen, Kurwenal inTristan und Isolde and the Dutchman inDer fliegende Holländer; he has also made many guest appearances in various countries, including as the Wanderer/Wotan in Wagner'sSiegfried, his début in the role, inLisbon,[1] and Mephisto inGounod'sFaust inTreviso andRovigo, his first appearances in Italy.[2] He has also sung in concert inBrahms'German Requiem,Mahler'sSymphony No. 8,[3] andBeethoven'sNinth Symphony among other works.[2]
In 2004 he made his début at theBayreuth Festival as the second Grail Knight inParsifal (conducted byPierre Boulez), and in 2005 he appeared there as Reinmar von Zweter inTannhäuser (conducted byChristian Thielemann) and in 2010 as the Herald inLohengrin (conducted byAndris Nelsons).[1]
In 2012 Youn became the first Korean to sing the Dutchman inDer Fliegende Holländer at Bayreuth, as a short-notice replacement forYevgeny Nikitin, who withdrew days before the opening of the festival because he had atattoo that was said in German media to resemble aswastika.[1][4]
In November 2012 Youn was appointed a Musical Ambassador of Singende Krankenhäuser e.V. (Singing Hospitals).[5]
In 2016 Youn sang Scarpia inPuccini'sTosca at theRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden,[6] and also performed for the first time in the US, asAlberich in Wagner'sDas Rheingold with theLyric Opera of Chicago, his first performance in the role.[7][8]
Youn was the first recipient of the Offenbach Prize of the Freunde der Oper Köln e. V., in 2005.[9]
He has won several international singing competitions, including theTrevisoToti dal Monte, the Seoul Chung-Ang, theGenoa Franz Schubert Contest, and theNaples Francesco Albanese Contest.[2]
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