Rudy Park (Ji Eung Park) studied Voice in South Korea and moved to Italy in 2002, graduating at the Santa Cecilia Music Conservatory in singing. He then continued his studies in Italy and Germany. He won numerous awards: 10th edition of the Anemos Lyric Competition in Rome; 11th edition of the Mario Lanza International Competition in Filignano (Italy); and second edition of Luciano Neroni Lyric International Competition in Ripatransone (Italy). In 2014 he won the Wilde Awards Best Performance for his interpretation of Calaf, in Turandot, performed at the Michigan Opera Theatre. In 2009, he won the voice competition at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, after which he made his debut as Calaf. The same year, he made his debut as Pollione in a new production of Norma that toured several Italian towns. His operatic repertoire includes: Tosca (Mario Cavaradossi); Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu); Turandot (Calaf); Ernani; Norma (Pollione); Aida (Radames); Il Trovatore (Manrico). Mr. Park also participated in the Ten Tenors Gala, concert in honor of Mario Del Monaco, opposite Fabio Armiliato, Nicola Martinucci, Lando Bartolini and Vincenzo Bello and conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti.   He then performed I Shardana (Torbeno) and Tosca (Mario Cavaradossi) at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Turadot (Calaf) in Verona, in Seoul, at the Nikikai Opera Foundation in Tokyo (under the baton of Gianluigi Gelmetti) and at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, in Nancy, in Genoa, in Detroit, at Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Sanxay, in Bogotà and in Macerata; Ernani (title role) in Bologna, on tour in Japan, in Sassari, in Cremona, Como, Pavia and Brescia; Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu) in Athens, in Las Palmas, Sassari; Norma in Budapest; Il Trovatore (Manrico) and I Vespri Siciliani in Athens.   His most recent successes include: his debut at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège as Radamès in Aida; Otello (title role) in Seoul, Las Palmas and at the Festival Verdi in Parma; Tosca in Genoa, Athens; Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Turandot and Tosca at the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago; Aida in Warsaw and Turandot and Tabarro in Montpellier; Turandot in Seoul and Las Palmas; Cavalleria Rusticana and Aida in Taormina. Plans include Turandot and Aida in Trieste; Aida in Osaka; Turandot in Genoa. October 2019