Korean-American, soprano, Joanna Kim began her 2023/2024 season singing the role of the Son in The Juniper Tree by Philip Glass and Robert Moran at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. As a student, she performed partial roles of Norina in Don Pasquale and Zerlina in Don Giovanni with USC Opera. She also performed in a concert presentation of Star Singer by Juhi Bansal with Beth Morrison Project.
This past summer, Kim was invited to be a Resident Artist at Opera North, playing the role of Diana in Orphée aux enfers, Cinderella in Into the Woods, Countess Ceprano, the Page, and Gilda (cover) in Rigoletto.
Notable roles from her undergraduate studies at the New England Conservatory (NEC) comprise of Amore in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Amahl in Amahl in the Night Visitors, and partial roles of Despina in Così fan tutte, Ilia in Idomeneo, Mlle. Silberklang in Der Schauspieldirektor, and Lakmé in Lakmé. She was also the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the New England Conservatory Chamber Singers and Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer/Wings of a Dove with Harvard Pro Musica.
Joanna has been a finalist in the Opera Guild Vocal Competition, Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition, and Classical Singer Competition (Young Artist Division).
Joanna has also featured various official soundtracks of video games. She was featured in the multi-award-winning video game, Lies of P. She can be heard in her solo track, “Arche Abbey,” streaming on all online platforms. She also appears in the viral Korean YouTube variety show, UMAGAME, singing in the original television soundtrack.
Joanna received her Master’s Degree in Music in Vocal Arts from The Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California (USC), studying under the tutelage of Lynn Helding and Patti Thom. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music with a Vocal Performance and Music Education Concentration from the New England Conservatory of Music.