1990s and 2000s
South Korean Baritone to Perform with the Metropolitan Opera Company (1997–98).
After graduating from Seoul National University, Jung-Hack Seo entered the Curtis Institute of Music.[1]
He debuted with the San Francisco Opera in 1993 where he was the First Asian singer to win the Schwabache Family Award.
In 1996, Seo went on to win the Metropolitan Opera Competition and enter the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Development Program.
In 1997, he performed the title role in "Ill Barbiere di Siviglia" and other programs with the Metropolitan Opera Company.
In 1997, he entered the Operalia, The World Opera Competition and placed second.
He has performed with numerous world class opera companies besides the Metropolitan Opera, such as the Wiener Staatsoper. The Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Connecticut Grand Opra, Tulsa Opera, the Dallas Opera, The San Francisco Opera and the Opera of the Pacific.
He studied under In-Young Lee, Marlena Malas, Renata Scotto, Robert Merill.
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