One of a group of rising young singers embarking on important operatic careers, Kyungsun Choi was a Grand Finalist in the 2000 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.  She made her debut in 2001 as Violetta in La Traviata with Virginia Opera and sang the role of Ilia in Mozart’s Idomeneo for her Town Hall debut.  Most recently, Ms. Choi appeared with New York City Opera in their Composor’s Showcase, with the Stamford Symphony as soprano soloist in Haydn’s Theresian Mass and in Poland with Mid-America Productions, singing the title role in Rossini’s Ermione to critical acclaim.  She also appeared at Carnegie Hall as the soprano soloist in the Faure Requiem under conductor John Rutter.

Ms. Choi made her Alice Tully Hall recital debut as a winner in the 2000 Liederkranz Foundation Competition.  She was also the First Prize Winner at the New Jersey State Opera Competition, the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition and received a Hugh Ross Award from the Sullivan Foundation.

Her opera roles have included La Comtesse in Le Comte Ory, Musetta in La Boheme, Juliette in Romeo and Juliet, Pamina in Die Zauberflote, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Pedrillo in Don Quichotte, Blanche in Les Dialogues des Carmelites and Lucia in Lucia diLammermoor at the John Harm Center in concert with the New Jersey Korean Symphony Orchestra.  She has also covered the roles of Norina, Zerlina and Micaela at Virginia Opera.