Hei-Kyung Hong (born 4 July 1959) is a Korean-American lyric soprano. Hong was born in Gangwon province, South Korea and studied at Yea Won Music School in Seoul. At age 15, she obtained a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and its American Opera Center. In 1981, she sang professionally for the first time when composer Gian-Carlo Menotti invited her to perform at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and Charleston, South Carolina. Hong made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Servilia in Mozart's opera La Clemenza di Tito in 1984. She has since gone on to si… read more
Hei-Kyung Hong (born 4 July 1959) is a Korean-American lyric soprano. Hong was born in Gangwon province, South Korea and studied at Yea Won Music School in Seoul. At age 15, she obtained a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and its American Opera Center. In 1981… read more
Hei-Kyung Hong (born 4 July 1959) is a Korean-American lyric soprano. Hong was born in Gangwon province, South Korea and studied at Yea Won Music School in Seoul. At age 15, she obtained a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and its American Opera Center. In 1981, she sang professionally for the first time when composer Gian-Carlo Me… read more
