Jusung Gabriel Park

South Korean baritone Jusung Gabriel Park is currently a member of the Ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper, recently performing roles such as Masetto (Don Giovanni) and Wagner (Faust). In the 202425 season, his roles include Harlekin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Dancaïro (Carmen), and First Mate (Billy Budd). Jusung was the Third Prize winner at Operalia in 2021, representing South Korea at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World in the same year. Recent and forthcoming engagements include Argante (Rinaldo) at Detroit Opera; Buddha/Subhuti in The Money King, a newly commissioned work for San Francisco Opera; singing Des Knaben Wunderhorn at the Concertgebouw with pianist Julius Drake; performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jaap Van Zweden, as well as with the Milan Symphony Orchestra on tour in Italy and Switzerland; singing and recording the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elias with the Bayerischer Rundfunk Chor and Orchestra; a duo concert with Sumi Jo at the Vienna Musikverein with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra; a Liederabend at Festwochen Gmunden with pianist Helmut Deutsch; Fenicio (Ermione) and Idraote (Armida) at the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad, where he was awarded the International Bel Canto Prize; the title role in Le nozze di Figaro and Leporello (Don Giovanni) at Theater Rudolstadt in collaboration with the Thüringer Symphoniker Orchestra; and an Opera Gala Concert with the Nürnberg Symphoniker. He performed the Korean premiere of H.K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!! with the TIMF Orchestra and appeared as a principal artist at the Chuncheon International Early Music Festival.