| Biography | Samuel Youn is a South Korean operatic bass baritone.
He has been a member of the Cologne Opera since the 1999/2000 season. At Cologne he has sung among other roles Kaspar in Der Freischütz, Jochanaan in Richard Strauss' Salome, Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen, and the Wagnerian roles of Donner and Gunther in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde and the Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer; he has also made many guest appearances in various countries, including as the Wanderer/Wotan in Wagner's Siegfried, his début in the role, in Lisbon, and Mephisto in Gounod's Faust in Treviso and Rovigo, his first appearances in Italy. He has also sung in concert in Brahms' German Requiem, Mahler's Symphony No. 8, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony among other works. |