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Baritone Daesan No hails from Seoul, Korea. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Han-Yang University in Seoul. At the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, he earned his Graduate Performance Diploma and Master of Music degree. He has recently graduated with an Artist Diploma in Opera from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied with Louis Quilico and Bill Schuman.
His opera credits include the title role in Falstaff, which he sang at Tanglewood last summer under the baton of Seiji Ozawa; the title role in Rigoletto with Annapolis Opera; Malatesta in Don Pasquale; Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte and Schaunard in La Bohéme with International Washington Opera. He has appeared as a soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's Creation and Mass in Time of War, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Honolulu Symphony and Handel's Messiah at Avery Fisher Hall in New York and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. Along with Ruth Ann Swenson and James Morris, he was featured on a recent gala at The Academy of Music of Philadelphia. This past April he sang Marcello in La Bohéme at the Academy of Vocal Arts. Mr. No has appeared in concerts with BBC National Orchestra of Wales at Barbican Hall in London, the Korean Broadcasting Station Orchestra, the Seoul Baroque Ensemble and the Seoul Academy Symphony Orchestra. His awards include the prestigious Lieder Prize in the 1999 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, first prizes in the Mario Lanza Competition, the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Voice Competition, LiederKranz Foundation Voice Competition, the James Parkinson Italian Opera Competition, and winner of Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Canada 2002. He also won the Placido Domingo Fellowship Award at the Academy of Vocal Arts. Under the auspices of The Marilyn Horne Foundation, he was presented in recital at New York City's Kosciuszko Foundation, and in January 2001, appeared on the Foundation's 8th Annual Recital. In March 2001 he was presented in recital in Ames, Iowa and, in October 2001, was co-presented in recital by the Foundation and the Vocal Arts Society in Washington, D.C. Recent and upcoming engagements includes the title role of Rigoletto with Lyric Opera of San Antonio, August of 2003 and his return to San Antonio as Leporello in Don Giovanni and Marcello, Leporello with Opera Delaware, the Performing Arts Center in Seoul, Korea, the roles of Bonze and Yamadori in Madama Butterfly with Opera Columbus, and Scarpia cover in Tosca with New York City Opera. He will also sing a recital with the Artist Series of Sarasota this coming winter of 2004. |
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UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS |
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| Leporello | Don Giovanni | Opera Delaware, 05/06 | |
| Solo Recital | Abbey Church Series | St. Martin's Abbey Lacey, WA, 2006 | |
| Bonze/Yamadori | Madama Butterfly | Opera Columbus, 3/06 | |
| Scarpia | Tosca | New York City Opera, 10/05 | |
| Marcello | La Boheme | ||
| Leporello | Don Giovanni | Lyric Opera of San Antonio, 05/04 | |
| Guest Soloist | Opera Galla Concert | Quebec Opera, 12/03 | |
OPERATIC ROLES |
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| Rigoletto | Rigoletto | Lyric Opera of San Antonio 08/03 | |
| Malatesta | Don Pasquale | Academy of Vocal Arts Opera | |
| Garibaldo | Rodelinda | Music Academy of the West | |
| Don Alfonso | Cosi fan Tutte | Hanyang Opera | |
| Marcello | La Bohéme | Academy of Vocal Arts Opera | |
| Schaunard | La Bohéme | International Washington Opera | |
| Scarpia | Tosca | Academy of Vocal Arts Opera | |
| Falstaff | Falstaff | Tanglewood Opera | |
| Rigoletto | Rigoletto | Annapolis Opera | |
| Rigoletto | Rigoletto | Academy of Vocal Arts Opera | |
| Amonasro | Aida | Academy of Vocal Arts Opera | |
ORATORIO |
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| Soloist | Symphony #9, Beethoven | Honolulu Symphony Orchestra | |
| Soloist | Messiah, Handel | Avery Fisher Hall | |
| Soloist | The Creation, Haydn | Korean Church Orchestra | |
| Soloist | Mass in Time of War | Peabody Concert Orchestra | |
| Soloist | Elijah, Mendelssohn | Korean Church Orchestra | |
| Soloist | Messa di Gloria, Puccini | Peniel Concert Choir (NY) | |
RECITAL |
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| Duo Recital | Artist Series of Sarasota | 2004 | |
| Duo Recital | Artist Series of Sarasota | 2004 | |
| Solo Recital | Washington, DC | 2001 | |
| Solo Recital | Ames, IA | 2001 | |
| 8th Annual Marilyn Horne Recital | Lincoln Center | 2001 | |
| Solo Recital | Kosciuszko Foundation (NY) | 1999 | |
| Winner Concert | BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Barbican Hall |
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COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS |
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| Winner | Concours International de Montréal des Jeunesses Musicales | 2002 |
| First Prize | Liederkranz Foundation Voice Competition | 2000 |
| Winner | Placido Domingo Fellowship Award, Academy of Vocal Arts | 2000 |
| Lieder Prize | The Cardiff Singer of the World Competition | 1999 |
| First Prize | Annapolis Opera Voice Competition | 1999 |
| First Prize | The Marilyn Horne Foundation Voice Competition | 1998 |
| First Prize | James Parkinson Italian Opera Voice Competition | 1998 |
| First Prize | Licia Albanese-Puccini International Voice Competition | 1997 |
| First Prize | Mario Lanza Voice Competition | 1997 |
TRAINING AND EDUCATION |
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| Artist Diploma | Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia) | 2001 |
| Apprentice Artist | Tangelwood (Falstaff with Maestro Seiji Ozawa) | 2000 |
| Apprentice Artist | Music Academy of the West | 1999, 1998 |
| Master of Music | Peabody Conservatory | 1997 |
| Graduate Performance Diploma | Peabody Conservatory | 1996 |