Karah Son - Cio-Cio-San
A pupil of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Karah Son specialized under the guidance of Mirella Freni. She made her operatic debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at the National Theater in Seoul.
Mrs. Son recently performed as Liù in Turandot at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, as Mimì in La Bohème at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari and took part in Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. The role of Liù marked also her debut in Turandot at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna for the 2012 season’s opening night. Karah Son successfully sang Madama Butterfly in Tampere and Berlin (Deutsche Oper); Aida at the Sejong Center in Seoul then in Halle; Turandot at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy under Rani Calderon.
After her recent success as Madama Butterfly in Warsaw (c. Yurkevych/d. Trelinski), Karah Son will sing her beloved role for her debut at the opera theater in Goteborg and at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Opernhaus
Leipzig
November 28th, 2015
December 12th