Tenor Hak Soo Kim is in his first year of LA Opera's Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program. In his debut season at LA Opera, his appearances include the roles of Remendado in Carmen, First Priest in The Magic Flute, and Gastone in La Traviata, in which he will also cover the role of Alfredo. Mr. Kim graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in German and wrote his thesis on German postunification literature at Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen, Germany. While at Northwestern University, he sang Fenton in Falstaff and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. As a member of Opera Colorado's Outreach Ensemble, he performed the roles of Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, and Alberto in La Curandera. Recently he appeared in apprentice performances at Santa Fe Opera as Matteo in Arabella and Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As a concert artist, Mr. Kim sang the tenor soloist in Stravinsky's Les Noces with Monmouth Civic Chorus. In the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Mr. Kim was the second place winner of the Rocky Mountain Region. He is a student of Julian Kwok.