Doheon Kim

South Korean bass Doheon Kim has been a member of the soloist ensemble at Landesbühnen Sachsen in Radebeul since the 2022/23 season. His roles there include Masetto in Don Giovanni, the Hermit in Der Freischütz, Johann in Werther, and Sparafucile and Monterone in Rigoletto. His engagements in 2026 include Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Angelotti in Tosca and Kurt in Weber’s Silvana.

Mr. Kim’s repertoire extends to Daland in Der fliegende Holländer, which he has sung at the Felsenbühne Rathen and Luisenburg Festival, Sir Humphrey Davenaut in Der Vampyr and the Water Goblin in Rusalka. His work in twentieth-century opera includes the Abbot in Britten’s Curlew River at Meissen Cathedral and Balthasar in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors at Landesbühnen Sachsen in 2025.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Kim was a member of the Junges Ensemble at Staatstheater Mainz, singing Pietro in Simon Boccanegra and roles in Manon Lescaut. Guest engagements took him to Theater Koblenz as the Herald and Farfarello in The Love for Three Oranges and to Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where his roles included the Keeper of Orestes in Strauss’s Elektra.

Mr. Kim completed his Konzertexamen in opera singing with Andreas Karasiak at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz in 2021. He also holds a master’s degree in opera singing from Frankfurt’s University of Music and Performing Arts, where he studied with Klesie Kelly-Moog, and a bachelor’s degree in voice from Yonsei University in Seoul, where his teacher was Hyunjoo Jang. His further training includes masterclasses with Helmut Deutsch, Claudia Eder and Samuel Youn. His competition distinctions include reaching the semi-final of the 2018 Concours Bordeaux Médoc Lyrique and third prizes at the Meistersinger Kurs competition in Neustadt an der Weinstraße and the Korea Classical Singers Association International Vocal Competition.