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Sunhae Im (Hangul: 임선혜; born January 15, 1976) is a Korean soprano. She has been described as a lyric soprano with lightness, versatility and coloratura.

Career
Sunhae Im was born in Cheorwon, South Korea. She studied vocal music with Lokyung Pak at Seoul National University in Korea and with Roland Hermann at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Germany. In 1997 she was awarded the Grand Prix in the Korea Schubert Society–Munhwa Ilbo Competition (Seoul), the Grand Prix in the Korean Voice Competition (Seoul), the Second Prize in the Dong-A Music Competition (Seoul), and the Second Prize and the Audience Prize in the International Schubert Competition (Tokyo–Osaka). In 2000, she was a finalist in the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Brussels).

She made her European debut with the conductor Philippe Herreweghe in Antwerp, Belgium in December 1999, by singing Mozart's "Et Incarnatus Est" from Great Mass in C Minor as well as his solo motet Exsultate Jubilate. Her operatic debut was made in early 2000 as Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart at the Frankfurt Opera, where she also performed as Amore and Valetto in The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi. She was a member of Staatsoper Hannover and performed as Zerlina (in Don Giovanni), Papagena (The Magic Flute), Blondchen (The Abduction from the Seraglio), Adele (Die Fledermaus), and Yniold (Pelleas et Mélisande) between 2001 and 2004, before freelancing.

Sunhae Im is known especially for historically-informed performance of operas and oratorios from the Baroque and Classical eras. She is asked most frequently to perform works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. Her compilation album Portrait (2017) consists of pieces by those four composers. Many examples of her work in early music are found from the collaboration with René Jacobs, a master conductor of early music. She joined Jacobs in recording both passions by Bach, five operas by Mozart, two operas by Handel, and one opera by Haydn, as well as performing in numerous live concerts and operas. Jacobs wrote in his autobiography, "some of them, such as Stéphane Degout and Sunhae Im, were among the best actor-singers I know." She also interpreted lesser known works by composers including Terradellas, Soler, Gassmann, and Conti.

In addition to Baroque and Classical music, her repertoire includes Renaissance (such as works by Byrd), Bel canto (Rossini and Donizetti), Romantic (Mendelssohn, Schumann, Fauré, and Mahler), and modern classical (Poulenc) music. For example with the conductor Manfred Honeck, she performed Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and No. 4, Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites (as Sister Constance), Bach's St. John Passion, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (as Susanna), Idomeneo (as Illia), and Requiem (at Carnegie Hall, Musikverein, and Berliner Philharmonie). She also performs nonclassical music occasionally. She appeared as Christine Daaé in the Korean premiere of Maury Yeston's musical Phantom.

She has worked with conductors including René Jacobs, Manfred Honeck, Fabio Biondi, William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Sigiswald Kuijken, Andreas Spering, Iván Fischer, Zubin Mehta, Myung-whun Chung, Ton Koopman, Giovanni Antonini, Herbert Blomstedt, Kent Nagano, and Riccardo Chailly. She has worked with groups including the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.

In 2009, she was the soprano soloist for the Pentecost mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, where she performed Haydn's Harmoniemesse with Helmut Müller-Brühl. In 2014, she sang the national anthem of Korea for the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games. She performed in five episodes of the TV program The Master broadcast by Mnet TV in Korea in 2017. She recorded a sound track "Will Be Back" for a Korean TV drama Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo in 2016. She has sometimes assumed the role of broadcasting host (rather than singer) for TV and radio programs. In addition, she often volunteers to sing at benefit concerts such as the Hopeshare Concert series that she organized.

Previous version
Sunhae Im (Hangul: 임선혜; born January 15, 1976) is a Korean soprano. She is especially known for her interpretation of the baroque and classical repertory and has been described as a "splendidly bright soprano" and "brilliant lyric soprano" with "lightness, versatility and coloratura."

Career(previous version)
Sunhae Im was born in Cheorwon, South Korea. She studied vocal music with Lokyung Pak at Seoul National University in Korea and with Roland Hermann at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Germany. In 1997 she was awarded the First Prize in the Korean Schubert Society Competition and the Grand Prix in the Korean Youth and Music Competition. She was a finalist in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2000.

She made her European debut under the baton of the renowned conductor Philippe Herreweghe in Antwerp, Belgium in December 1999, by singing Mozart's "Et Incarnatus Est" from "Great Mass in C Minor" as well as a solo motet "Exsultate Jubilate." This debut was made unexpectedly, because the scheduled singer fell ill, and Sunhae Im was called in the day before the concert. Herreweghe liked her singing immediately and invited her to sing for other concerts. Her operatic debut was made at the Frankfurt Opera in early 2000 as Barbarina in the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. She was a member of Staatsoper Hannover between 2001 and 2004 before freelancing.

Sunhae Im is especially well known for her interpretation of operas and oratorios by early music composers. She is asked most frequently to perform works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. Her compilation album Portrait (2017) consists of pieces by those four composers. Good examples of her accomplishments are found from the collaboration with René Jacobs, a master conductor of early music. She joined Jacobs in recording both passions by Bach, five operas by Mozart, and two operas by Handel, in addition to performing in a multitude of live concerts and operas. Jacobs said, "Sunhae Im has intelligence, flexibility, and technical skills. She is a born actress. She also has deep spirituality and performs Bach's music perfectly." In addition to interpreting famous pieces, she showed enthusiasm in performing lesser known pieces by artists including Terradellas, Soler, Gassmann, and Conti.

Sunhae Im performs a broad range of classical music, from the Renaissance (e.g. Byrd), bel canto (Rossini, Donizetti), romantic (Fauré, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Mahler), and modern (Poulenc) eras. The conductor Manfred Honeck worked with her on many occasions to perform Mahler and Poulenc as well as Mozart. Honeck said in an interview, "We should feel proud that she is one of the best singers in our generation." She also performs nonclassical music occasionally. She appeared as Christine Daaé in the Korean premiere of Maury Yeston's musical Phantom.

She has worked with conductors including René Jacobs, Manfred Honeck, Fabio Biondi, William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Sigiswald Kuijken, Andreas Spering, Iván Fischer, Zubin Mehta, Myung-whun Chung, Ton Koopman, Giovanni Antonini, Herbert Blomstedt, Kent Nagano, and Riccardo Chailly. She has worked with groups including the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.

Her activities are not limited to regular theater stages. In 2009, she was the soprano soloist for the Pentecost mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, where she performed Haydn's Harmoniemesse with Helmut Müller-Brühl. In 2014, she sang the national anthem of Korea for the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games. She performed in five episodes of the TV program The Master broadcast by Mnet TV in Korea in 2017. She recorded a sound track "Will Be Back" for a Korean TV drama Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo in 2016. She has sometimes assumed the role of broadcasting host (rather than singer) for TV and radio programs. In addition, she often volunteers to sing at benefit concerts such as the Hopeshare Concert series that she organized.

CD

 * Sunhae Im: Portrait (solo compilation album). Works by Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart. Universal, 2017
 * Orfeo[s] (solo album). Works by Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Clérambault, Rameau. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, led by Bernhard Forck. Harmonia Mundi, 2015. [Elly Ameling Prize, Orphée d'Or 2015, Académie du Disque Lyrique]
 * Byrd: Consort Music and Songs. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist), B-Five Recorder Consort. Coviello Classics, 2017.
 * Handel: Lucio Cornelio Silla. Sunhae Im (Metella), Europa Galante, conducted by Fabio Biondi. Glossa, 2017.


 * Bach: St. John Passion. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., RIAS Kammerchor, Staats und Domchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2016.
 * Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., La Petite Bande, conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken. Challenge Classics, 2014.
 * Handel: Orlando. Sunhae Im (Dorinda) et al., Baroque Orchestra B’Rock, conducted by René Jacobs. Archive, 2014.
 * Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., RIAS Kammerchor, Staats und Domchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2013.
 * Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera. Sunhae Im (Serpetta) et al., Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2012.
 * Handel: Agrippina. Sunhae Im (Poppea) et al., Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2011. [BBC Music Magazine Award 2012] [Nominated for Grammy as Best Opera Recording, 2012]
 * Fauré: Requiem. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchener Kammerorchester, conducted by Peter Dijkstra. Sony, 2011. [Choral Recording of the Year, 2012 Echo Klassik Awards]
 * Terradellas: Sesostri. Sunhae Im (Sesostri) et al., Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara, conducted by Juan Bautista Otero. RCOC, 2011. [Orphée d’Or palmarés 2011]
 * Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Exton, 2010. [International Classical Music Award (ICMA) 2012]
 * Mozart: The Magic Flute. Sunhae Im (Papagena) et al., Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by René Jacobs.  Harmonia Mundi, 2010. [BBC Music Magazine Award 2011]
 * Soler: Il Sogno & La Dora Festiggiante. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara, conducted by Juan Bautista Otero. RCOC, 2010. [Orphée d’Or palmarés 2010]
 * Haydn: Harmonienmesse (Hommage zum 200. Todestag von Joseph Haydn). Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., Kölner Domchor, Kölner Kammerorchester, conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl. Naxos, 2009.
 * Mozart: Idomeneo. Sunhae Im (Ilia) et al., Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2009. [2009 Annual Award by the German Record Critics' Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik)]
 * Terradellas: Artaserse. Sunhae Im (Semira) et al., Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara, conducted by Juan Bautista Otero. RCOC, 2009. [Orphée d’Or palmarés 2009]
 * Mozart: Demofoonte - Fragments of an Opera. Sunhae Im (Soprano soloist) et al., Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by Bruno Weil. Arts Productions, 2008.
 * Mozart: Don Giovanni. Sunhae Im (Zerlina) et al., Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2007.
 * Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito. Sunhae Im (Servilia) et al., Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2006. [Nominated for Grammy as Best Opera Recording & Best Classical Album, 2006]
 * Bach: Mass in B minor. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., Dresden Chamber Choir, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl. Naxos, 2005.
 * Haydn: The Creation. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., VokalEnsemble Köln, Capella Augustina, conducted by Andreas Spering. Naxos, 2005.
 * Handel: Siroe, Re die Persia. Sunhae Im (Laodice) et al., Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by Andreas Spering. Harmonia Mundi, 2004.
 * Haydn: Cantatas for the Esterházys. Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., VokalEnsemble Köln, Cappella Coloniensis, conducted by Andreas Spering. Harmonia Mundi, 2002.

DVD or Bluray

 * Haydn: Harmonienmesse (Pentecost mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI). Sunhae Im (soprano soloist) et al., Kölner Domchor, Kölner Kammerorchester, conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl. Naxos, 2010.
 * Haydn: Orlando Paladino. Sunhae Im (Eurilla) et al., Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs. Euroarts, 2010.
 * Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydike. Dance opera directed by Pina Bausch. Sunhae Im (Amor) et al., Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble & Choir, conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. Bel Air Classique, 2009.
 * Mozart: Don Giovanni. Sunhae Im (Zerlina) et al., Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi, 2008.