Simon Lim

The South Korean bass Simon Lim, born in Daegu, sang in the gala Omaggio a Raina Kabaivanska at the Teatro Regio di Parma on 25 October 2014 under Nayden Todorov. A graduate of Yeungnam University and of the Accademia di Perfezionamento of Teatro alla Scala, he took third prize at Operalia in 2010 and made his La Scala debut as Guccio in Gianni Schicchi under Riccardo Chailly; he appears regularly at the Teatro La Fenice and has sung at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Palau de les Arts in Valencia and Glyndebourne in roles such as Oroveso, Banco, Ramfis and Filippo II.