Baritone SeungHyeon Baek is quickly gaining recognition throughout the American opera circuit as an artist of significant talents and versatility, applauded for his “full, generous baritone voice” and his considerable “histrionic abilities combined with his rich artistry.”

Recently, SeungHyeon joined the roster of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera for their productions of La Bohème and Falstaff. Additionally, he has sung many of the leading roles across the United States, to include the title role in Rigoletto at Opera Orlando, Scarpia (Tosca) at St.Petersburg Opera, Conte di Luna (Il Trovatore) at Opera San José, Tonio (Pagliacci) at Opera Fairbanks, the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Steamboat, Lord Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor), Sonora (La Fanciulla del West), and as a soloist in An Evening of Puccini concert - all with the Maryland Lyric Opera, Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) at Opera North, Marcello (La Bohème) at the Hawaii Opera Theater and Pacific Symphony Orchestra as well as the Bravo! Vail Festival.

As a concert artist, he made his début at Carnegie Hall in Fauré’s Requiem with MidAmerica Productions and returned in Dvorak’s Te Deum and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs. He reprised Fauré’s Requiem with the Maryland Lyric Opera, and he also performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ with Christian Broadcasting System of New York, and Dvořák’s Te Deum with the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra. He also made his Lincoln Center Concert début with InterSchool Orchestras of New York.

A native of South Korea, SeungHyeon received a Professional Studies degree from Mannes College of Music. He also holds a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from ChungAng University in Korea. He won the NJ State Opera’s Alfredo Silipigni Competition in 2017 and the Career Bridges Competition in 2015.