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Kang Wang

For Taiwanese physicist, see Kang L. Wang.
Kang Wang
王亢
Born1988
Harbin, China
OccupationOpera singer
Websitewww.kangwangtenor.com

Kang Wang (born 1988) is an Australian-Chinese operatic tenor who has established an international career particularly in roles such as Rodolfo in La bohème and Alfredo in La traviata. He is a former member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program of the Metropolitan Opera[1] and a finalist in the 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.[2]

Early life and education

Born in Harbin, China, Kang Wang is the son of two professional opera singers.[3] Kang moved to Australia as a teenager and completed a Bachelor degree in Information Technology.[4] After working as a programmer for three years in Darwin, Australia, he left his job and moved to Brisbane to complete his Master of Music Studies at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University[3] and gained his International Artist Diploma in Opera at Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK.[2]

After gaining his degrees, he joined the "OperAvenir" program at Theater Basel in Switzerland,[5][6] then the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program of the Metropolitan Opera the following year.[1]

Career

Since finishing his involvement with the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Kang Wang appeared as Rodolfo in La bohème in houses such as the Zurich Opera,[7] Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,[8] Opera Hong Kong and the Sydney Opera House,[9] where critics described his voice as "molten chocolate that slides over even the highest notes".[10] Also as Alfredo in La traviata with Welsh National Opera,[11] Teatro di San Carlo,[12] Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Queensland and Opera Australia. His roles also includes The Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera,[13] Hoffmann with Palm Beach Opera,[14] Macduff in Macbeth with the Washington National Opera,[15] and Pinkerton with the Canadian Opera Company where he was praised for his "big ringing tenor and brilliant top register"[16] and "shining, heroic, easy, ringing sound".[17]

In concerts, Kang Wang has joined orchestras such as the NDR Radiophilharmonie in the Hannover Klassik Open Air alongside soprano Pretty Yende and baritone Simon Keenlyside[18] and the Munich Radio Orchestra as Roberto in Le Villi[19] and was hailed for his "luminous and brilliant timbre" and "surprising dramatic force".[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Five Young Artists Join the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artists Development Program". Metropolitan Opera. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  2. ^ a b "BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2017 – Kang Wang". BBC. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  3. ^ a b Routledge (2025-01-03). "Interview | Tenor Kang Wang Talks about His Return to Toronto". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  4. ^ "NT talent sings his way into national finals". Charles Darwin University. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  5. ^ "Shaping the next generation of artists – NiTRO + Creative Matters". Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  6. ^ "The Rape of Lucretia 2014/15" (in German). Archiv Theater Basel. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  7. ^ "La bohème". Zurich Opera. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  8. ^ Frantellizzi, Sabine (2023-11-14). "Al Maggio Fiorentino torna in scena La bohème". La Musica Classica in Italia. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  9. ^ "Kang Wang makes a striking Opera Australia debut in La bohème". Bachtrack. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  10. ^ Williams, Sue (30 January 2020). "This is Sydney's summer of arts – Opera Review: La bohème". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  11. ^ "La traviata Verdi". Welsh National Opera. 2025-02-09. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  12. ^ "La traviata". Teatro di San Carlo. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  13. ^ "Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Returns to the Met Stage on March 27". Metropolitan Opera. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  14. ^ "South Florida Classical Review – Palm Beach Opera's superb cast delivers an aptly harrowing Hoffmann". southfloridaclassicalreview.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  15. ^ Kirkland, Ian (2024-11-16). "WNO brings Verdi's Macbeth to life at Kennedy Center to sensational effect". DC Theater Arts. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  16. ^ So, Joseph (2025-01-27). "Madama Butterfly". Canadian Opera Company. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  17. ^ Midgette, Anne (2024-11-16). "Something appealing, something appalling: two DC performances". Anne Midgette. Archived from the original on 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  18. ^ "Zum 10. Mal: Hannover Klassik Open Air" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  19. ^ "Puccini" (in German). Munich Radio Orchestra. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  20. ^ "Crítica: Gala Puccini y 'Le Villi' en el Prinzregententheater de Múnich". Opera World (in Spanish). 2024-10-17. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Wang