Joseph Lim
Joseph Lim Baritone
Noted by the New York Times as "elegant" and showing "passion and depth", Korean baritone Joseph Lim is rapidly pursuing a performing career. His recent engagements have included a solo recital accompanied by Brian Zeger at Weill Recital Hall with the Carnegie Hall Foundation and made a debut with Opera Roanoke as Papageno in Magic […]
Noted by the New York Times as "elegant" and showing "passion and depth", Korean baritone Joseph Lim is rapidly pursuing a performing career.
His recent engagements have included a solo recital accompanied by Brian Zeger at Weill Recital Hall with the Carnegie Hall Foundation and made a debut with Opera Roanoke as Papageno in Magic Flute and covered the role of Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale at The Santa Fe Opera.
This season he makes a debut with Opera Birmingham singing Schaunard in La Bohème and he will be singing New Year's Concert with SAC in Seoul. He is also invited to NEUE STIMMEN Meisterkurs and their concert in Gutersloh, Germany.
Mr. Lim recently finished his second year as a member of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In the 2012-2013 season at the Lyric, he was seen as Schaunard in La Bohème and Marullo in Rigoletto. Mr. Lim covered the roles of Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale and Albert in Werther. He sang Escamillo of Carmen with the Lyric Opera Orchestra in 'Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park". He also sang the role of Dr. Malatesta in Ryan Center's summer production of Don Pasquale and returned to Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival to sing the role of Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte. He performed the role of Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and Schaunard in La Bohème under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis with the Civic Orchestra at Symphony Center.
In the 2011-2012 season at the Lyric, he was seen as Schlemil in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, and Frontier Guard in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. In addition, Mr. Lim covered the roles of Hermann in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Tchelkalov in Boris Godunov, Wig Maker in Ariadne auf Naxos and the role of 2nd Priest in Die Zauberflöte. Last summer, He sang the role of Guglielmo in the Ryan Opera Center's summer production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and made his debut with the Grant Park Orchestra in a concert of Mozart and Donizetti opera ensembles at The Harris Theater in Chicago.