Soprano
Recipient of the 2012 First Place
Marie & Mack Milner Award
and the Gerald R. Bischof Audience Choice Award
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Seong Ae Park earned her Bachelors degree in Yansel University, South Korea. She continued her studies at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan in Italy. She obtained her diploma from the Academia Civica di Milano.
Ms. Park has participated in Master Classes with Fulvio Bottega and P. M. Ferraro. During her studies she was engaged to sing numerous concerts around Europe.
Ms. Park has placed and received awards in many memorable competitions such as the Biella Competition, Pietro Mongini Competition, Vincenza Competition and the U. Sacchetti Competition in Bologna.
With her pure lyric voice and “bel canto” technique, Ms. Park has enjoyed performing Cio Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Mimi in La Boheme the Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro and Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana.
Ms. Park has also enjoyed performing concerts in numerous Italian cities (Lanciano, Bologna, Cremona, Milano, Novara, Ispira, Brecia, Verona, Genova and has also appeared in Zurich, Paris and more recently in Dallas, Texas) She also has performed oratorio works such as Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi and Messe Solennelle by Giacomo Rossini.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 Pace, pace mio Dio from La FORZA del DESTINO by Verdi and Dove sono from Le NOZZE di FIGARO by Mozart Seong Ae was accompanied by Teruhiko Toda HD video by Robert Land Productions