KYU WON HAN: Reviews

On Don Giovanni with the Merola Opera Program:
"In the title role, baritone Kyu Won Han provided vocal glamour, dashing stage presence and plenty of sex appeal -- all welcome qualities for this libertine's libertine. His singing was light and eminently seductive, yet he also created a powerfully heroic persona for his defiant last moments."
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle

Verdi and the Art of Italian Song recital at the San Francisco Opera Verdi Festival:
"Han's varied expressiveness and well-controlled power made something special of this operatic song...Han's abundant vocal gift, among them a secure cantilena, and excellent musical sense that bestows just the right weight to each note, the infusing of each vowel with its own character and color, and perfect control. His line is strong enough to hang onto as he propels the willing listener through the song...his fortes were full and impassioned but never overbearing and his pianos intense, spun out like gossamer."
Stephanie Friedman, San Francisco Classical Voice

As Morales in Bizet's Carmen with the San Francisco Opera:
"There were excellent performances...including Kyu Won Han’s Morales.”
Georgia Rowe, Contra Costa Times

On Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly with San Francisco Opera:
"There were excellent showings by Kyu Won Han as Prince Yamadori -- his emotional vulnerability registering vividly beneath his pompous demeanor."
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle

"Kyu Won Han was an uncommonly appealing Yamadori. I’d have married him on the spot.”
Stephanie von Buchau, Bay Area Reporter

"Han’s Prince Yamadori made a strong impression with his dignified acting and impressive voice.”
William Aguiar, Jr., Hokubei Mainichi