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The Korean Opera Star

May 15, 2021, 4:30 pm

Sumi Jo (Photo: Young Ho Kang)

The second program for Asian Heritage month features coloratura soprano Sumi Jo and lyric soprano Hei-Kyung Hong — two of the biggest opera stars to hail from South Korea.

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Playlist to feature arias from operas and operettas by Gustave Charpentier, Jacques Offenbach, Giuseppe Verdi, and others.

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Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.

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