John Kun Park

Tenor

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Korean-American Tenor John Kun Park has been described as “a clarion tenor,” “that floats his high notes with ease and emotional fervor."
 

John began the 2024-2025 season with Opera on the James, debuting as Rodolfo in La Boheme. He returned to Opera Grand Rapids as Loud Stone in Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice, then premiered the role of Daruma with New Performance Traditions’ production of Both Eyes Open by Max

Duykers. John recently made a major role debut – Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore with Boheme Opera NJ, and will be traveling in the spring for the titular role in Verdi’s Otello with West Bay Opera. He will close his season by joining the Glimmerglass Festival as an apprentice artist covering Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca , and will kick off the 25/26 season debuting as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore with Opera Modesto and Lt. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Opera on the James.

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In recent seasons, John has sung Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca with Opera Modesto, Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer with West Bay Opera, Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos with Berlin Opera Academie, Ismaele in Nabucco with West Bay Opera, Erste König in Der Liebe Die Danae with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Tenor I in The Tibetan Book of the Dead with Opera Grand Rapids, Rick in I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I saw the Sky with InSeries Opera Washington, DC, and Don Jose in Carmen with Central City Opera.  At Lancaster’s Penn Square Opera for their Opera Couples Therapy concert, he headlined signature pieces and duets from Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana and Tosca. Last season, he finished with Mid America Productions at Carnegie Hall as their guest Tenor Soloist for Mozart’s Coronation Mass. John has covered Adolfo Pirelli and Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd with Des Moines Metro, and Canio in I Pagliacci with Opera Tampa.

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John has performed with various companies, debuting roles such as Don Jose Carmen, Faust Faust, Ismaele Nabucco, Siegmund Die Walküre, and performing as a feature soloist with companies such as the LA Philharmonic, Des Moines Metro Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Sarasota Opera, Central City Opera, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, and West Bay Opera.

John is a recipient of the prestigious Olga Forrai Foundation Grant.