Narea Son Soprano
In the 2026/27 season, Korean soprano Narea Son appears at the Hamburg State Opera, where she has been a ensemble member since 2019, as Musetta (La bohème), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Jemmy in Tobias Kratzer’s production of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell, and Biggi in the world premiere of Gordon Kampe’s Störtebeker. She also returns to the Bavarian State Opera as Clorinda (La Cenerentola) and sings the title role of Luisa (Luisa Miller) at the Seoul Arts Center with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
In recent seasons, Narea Son has performed numerous roles at the Hamburg State Opera, including the title role in Luisa Miller, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Micaëla (Carmen), Nannetta (Falstaff), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Norina (Don Pasquale), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Lauretta (Il trittico), Despina (Così fan tutte), Soeur Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and Adele (Die Fledermaus). She also appeared as Das lichte Mädchen in the world premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Die dunkle Seite des Mondes and as Katze Ivanka in the world premiere of the opera of the same name.
Narea Son has worked with renowned conductors including Kent Nagano, Ádám Fischer, Massimo Zanetti, Riccardo Minasi, Giampaolo Bisanti, Antonino Fogliani, and Alexander Joel, as well as distinguished stage directors such as Achim Freyer and Calixto Bieito. Through these diverse artistic collaborations, she continues to expand her musical and dramatic range.
Narea Son has also appeared on major stages across Asia. She made her house debut at the Korea National Opera in Seoul as Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Further engagements have included Zerlina (Don Giovanni) at the Seoul Metropolitan Opera, Pamina in Erzittre, feiger Bösewicht!, Johannes Harneit’s reimagining of Die Zauberflöte, at the Grand Theatre Shanghai, and Micaëla (Carmen) at the Poly Theatres in Shenzhen and Xi’an.
In 2022, Narea Son sang Dafne in a concert performance of Tomaso Albinoni’s Il Nascimento dell’aurora at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival. In 2023, the Baroque opera recording Polifemo was released by Parnassus Arts Productions, featuring her as Nerea.
In 2022, Narea Son won First Prize at the International Singing Competition “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.”
Narea Son completed both her Master’s degree and Konzertexamen in Opera at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. She was a scholarship recipient of the Hermann und Milena Ebel Stiftung, the Körber Foundation, and the Oscar und Vera Ritter Foundation.
She received further artistic guidance in masterclasses with Edita Gruberová, Cheryl Studer, Mariella Devia, Bruna Baglioni, Edda Moser, and Brigitte Fassbaender. She also participated in a masterclass with Joyce DiDonato at Carnegie Hall in New York, which was broadcast live by ARTE.
She is currently an artist supported by the SeAH Woon Hyung Lee Foundation.