Sumi Jo

Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong {{IPA|ko|tɕo sʰuɡjʌŋ|}} in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with opportunities she never had, Jo's mother enrolled her in piano lessons at the age of 4 and later voice lessons at the age of 6. Although Jo's family lived in a rented property, her parents bought a piano for her to play.[http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=200812110057501115&ext=na NO.1 뉴미디어 마이데일리] Her mother raised and trained Jo strictly. Jo recalled even when her mother went out, she locked the door outside so that Jo could not play truant.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ko:조수미무릎팍 '너무나도 혹독했던 피아노 연습?' |trans-title=Sumi Jo's knees 'Piano practice was too harsh?' |url=https://www.ezday.co.kr/bbs/view_board.html?q_sq_board=956620 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Ezday |language=ko}} As a child, Jo would often spend up to eight hours a day studying music.{{Cite web |title=Sumi Jo: Devoted to Music |url=http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm9-8/Sumi-Jo.htm |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Scena}}

In 1976, Jo entered the Sun Hwa Arts School from which she graduated in 1980, receiving dual diplomas in voice and piano.[http://www.sunhwa.org/custom/custom.do?dcpNo=104470 Sun Hwa Arts School website]{{dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} She entered the department of vocal music at the Seoul National University (SNU) with the best practical score since the department had opened.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ko:조수미 홈페이지 |trans-title=Jo Sumi Homepage |url=http://www.josumi.com/sumi_bio_1.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221170847/http://www.josumi.com/sumi_bio_1.asp |archive-date=2007-12-21 |website=Jo Sumi}} There she continued her music studies from 1981 to 1983. While studying at SNU, Jo made her professional recital debut, appeared in several concerts with the Korean Broadcasting System, and made her professional operatic debut as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with Seoul Opera.

In 1983, Jo left SNU in order to study at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. Among her teachers were Carlo Bergonzi and Giannella Borelli. While Jo studied in Italy, she was frequently heard in concert in Italian cities and on national radio broadcasts and telecasts. It was during this time when Jo began to use "Sumi" as her stage name in order to make her name more friendly to European language speakers who often found it difficult to pronounce Su-gyeong. She graduated in 1985 with majors in keyboard and voice.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Following graduation, Jo began to study with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and won several international competitions in Seoul, Naples, Enna, Barcelona, and Pretoria. In August 1986, she was unanimously awarded first prize in the Carlo Alberto Cappelli International Competition in Verona, one of the world's most important contests, open only to first-prize winners of other major competitions.[http://www.windowsmedia.com/Mediaguide/Templates/Biography.aspx?p_id=P%20%20%20311673 Biography for Sumi Jo – WindowsMedia.com Media Guide]{{dead link|date=October 2018}}

In 1986, Jo made her European operatic debut as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste. This performance drew the attention of Herbert von Karajan, who proceeded to cast her as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera opposite Plácido Domingo for the 1989 Salzburg Festival.[https://archive.today/20130127144150/http://www.laphil.com/music/artist_detail.cfm?id=415& LA Phil Presents | About the Performer – Sumi Jo] Karajan's death during festival rehearsals prevented Jo from actually singing on stage under his baton (Georg Solti conducted the performances) but she did sing under Karajan in the studio recording of Ballo, made in the early months of 1989 for Deutsche Grammophon.[http://deutschegrammophon.com/cat/single?sort=newest_rec&PRODUCT_NR=4775641&javascript=1&UNBUYABLE=1&per_page=100&ADD_OTHER=1&COMP_ID=VERGI&ART_ID=KARHE&presentation=list Deutsche Grammophon: www.deutschegrammophon.com]

In 1988, Jo made her La Scala debut as Thetis in Niccolò Jommelli's Fetonte.{{Cite web |url=http://www.skynews.co.kr/skynews_main/ENGLISH/culture/culture_035.htm |title=Culture – Korean |access-date=2008-02-18 |archive-date=2001-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011101014220/http://www.skynews.co.kr/skynews_main/english/culture/culture_035.htm |url-status=dead }} That same year she made her debut with the Bavarian State Opera and sang Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro at the Salzburg Festival.

In 1989, Jo made her debut with the Vienna State Opera and returned to the Salzburg Festival to sing Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. That same year, she made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, once again portraying Gilda in Rigoletto. Jo would later reprise this role numerous times with the Met over the next fifteen years.{{Cite web |title=Metropolitan Opera Association |url=http://66.187.153.86/archives/frame.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203143633/http://66.187.153.86/archives/frame.htm |archive-date=2008-02-03}}

In 1990, Jo made her debut with the Chicago Lyric Opera as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute.{{Cite web |title=Lyric Opera of Chicago: www.lyricopera.org |url=http://www.lyricopera.org/about/cast1990.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928230732/http://www.lyricopera.org/about/cast1990.asp |archive-date=2008-09-28 |website=Lyric Opera |language=en}} The following year, she returned to the Metropolitan Opera for another performance as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera and made her Royal Opera, Covent Garden, debut as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann. She returned to Covent Garden the next year to sing Adina in L'elisir d'amore and Elvira in I puritani.

In 1993, Jo appeared in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with the Metropolitan Opera and sang the role of the Queen of the Night at the Salzburg Festival and Covent Garden. The following year she made her debut with Los Angeles Opera as Sophie in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. In 1995 she sang the role of Countess Adèle in Le comte Ory at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Over the next decade Jo maintained a busy schedule, singing Lucia in Strasbourg, Barcelona, Berlin, and Paris; La sonnambula in Brussels and Santiago, Chile; I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Minnesota Opera; Olympia and Rosina in New York; the Queen of the Night in Los Angeles; Gilda in Bilbao, Oviedo, Bologna, Trieste, and Detroit among others; Il turco in Italia in Spain; L'enfant et les sortilèges in Boston and Pittsburgh; Le comte Ory in Rome; and Dinorah in New York. She also appeared in performances at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra National de Paris, Washington Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Australia, and the Teatro Colón.

In addition, she appeared with numerous symphony orchestras in concert, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,{{Cite web |date=2008-01-04 |title=LSM Newswire: [Vancouver] Sumi Jo with the VSO! |url=http://newswire.scena.org/2008/01/sumi-jo-with-vso.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |language=en}} the Cincinnati Pops, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra among others. Her work led her to sing under such conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, James Levine, Kent Nagano, and Richard Bonynge. She also gave recitals throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia.[https://archive.today/20130127083653/http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/music/artist_detail.cfm?id=415 www.hollywoodbowl.com]

In 2002, Jo sang the theme song for the Korean Broadcasting System's broadcast of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, "The Champions".{{YouTube|3s6GD0Eo5dA|The Champions – Sumi Jo}} In 2007, she performed her first Violetta in La traviata with the Toulon Opera and in the 2008/2009 season she was scheduled to perform the role of Zerline in Fra Diavolo at the Opera Comique and Opéra Royal de Wallonie. In 2008, Jo participated in the Beijing Olympics with Renée Fleming and Angela Gheorghiu.{{cite news |date=2008-08-04 |title= |script-title=ko:조수미 세계 3대 소프라노 자격, 베이징올림픽 특별무대 오른다 |language=ko |trans-title=Sumi Jo, qualified as one of the top 3 sopranos in the world, will perform on a special stage at the Beijing Olympics |website=The Dong-a Ilbo |url=http://news.donga.com/3/all/20080804/8611392/1}} In 2011, she provided the singing voice of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce.

On 9 March 2018, Jo performed a specially-recorded duet with fellow vocalist Sohyang, the song "Here As One", during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

In 2021, Jo was appointed as the visiting distinguished professor at KAIST's Graduate School of Culture Technology.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-21 |title=Sumi Jo Appointed as KAIST Professor |url=http://herald.kaist.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=20479 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=The KAIST Herald |language=ko}} In October 2023, she was awarded the first-class Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit for her contributions to the promotion of Korean culture.{{cite web|url=https://www.donga.com/news/People/article/all/20231027/121905334/1|script-title=ko:조수미 금관문화훈장… 임윤찬 젊은예술가賞|trans-title=Jo Su-mi, Golden Crown Cultural Medal... Lim Yoon-chan, Young Artist Award|last=Lee|first=So-yeon|date=October 28, 2023|work=The Dong-A Ilbo|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101003733/https://www.donga.com/news/People/article/all/20231027/121905334/1|archive-date=November 1, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=July 11, 2024}}

"Simple Song Number 3", written by David Lang, performed by Jo, and featured in Paolo Sorrentino's 2015 film Youth, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2016 in the Best Song category. Fellow nominees were "Manta Ray", performed by Anohni; "Til It Happens to You", performed by Lady Gaga; "Earned It", performed by The Weeknd; and "Writing's on the Wall", performed by Sam Smith (who won the category's award). Although Jo was invited to the ceremony and attended, she was not invited to perform the song. Anohni, a transgender singer, was similarly excluded and subsequently boycotted the ceremony. The other nominees performed their songs during the ceremony.

On the red carpet prior to the ceremonies, Jo and Lang voiced their disappointment with the producers' decision to exclude the song, indirectly referencing the controversy related to that year's Academy Awards and its lack of racial diversity.{{cite news |title=Oscar-Nominated Performers Call Academy Snub 'Very Sad' |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/2016/film/news/oscar-nominated-performers-call-academys-snub-very-sad-1201717605/}}

Jo is the cousin aunt of South Korean actor Yoo Gun, his father's cousin sister.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ko:유건, “소프라노 조수미가 내 5촌 고모” |trans-title=Yoo Gun, "Soprano Jo Su-mi is my 5th cousin aunt" |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0000075016 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website= |language=ko |via=Naver}}

Just before she performed Ave Maria at Chatelet, Paris, in 2006, Jo's father, Eonho Jo, died. When she learned that her father had died, she wanted to cancel the performance and return to South Korea for the funeral. Her mother reminded Jo of her promise to her audiences, and said that it was better if she went on with the show in honor of her father. Her performance was dedicated to her father and released as a DVD titled Sumi Jo in Paris – For my Father.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ko:조수미, 아버지 장례식날 독창회 무대 올라 “어머니 서운했다” |trans-title=Sumi Jo, on the stage of the solo recital on the day of her father's funeral, "I felt sorry for my mother" -Newsen |url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201109140040091001 |url-status=dead |website=Newsen |access-date=2012-03-02 |archive-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610213301/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201109140040091001 }}

Jo is an advocate for animal rights and one of only five Asian celebrities to make People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia-Pacific's (PETA) first-ever Best-Dressed 2008 list.{{Cite web |title=PETA Asia-Pacific {{!}} Media Resources {{!}} Recent News Releases {{!}} Su-Mi Jo Makes PETA's Exclusive Best-Dressed List |url=http://www.petaasiapacific.com/newsreleasesitem.asp?id=10268 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715065946/http://www.petaasiapacific.com/newsreleasesitem.asp?id=10268 |archive-date=2011-07-15 |website=PETA Asia |language=en-US}}

Jo's mother, Malsoon Kim died in 2021 after suffering from Alzheimer's for 10 years in hospital. She was unable to attend to her mother's funeral in South Korea due to COVID-19 quarantine, while she was in Italy.{{cite web | url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210808000267 | title=Soprano Sumi Jo's mother dies at 85 | date=August 8, 2021 }}

File:Korea Presidential Inauguration 18.jpg at the inauguration of President Park Geun-hye, February 2013|alt=]]Aria of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, written by Richard Strauss in 1912, is a difficult piece over 20 minutes in length with numerous high notes. Therefore, Strauss modified part of the sheet music because he thought it was impossible to sing. In 1994, however, Jo became the world's first artist to record the unedited original version of the song.{{Cite news |title= |script-title=ko:독일 가곡은 제 음악 인생의 소중한 젖줄이죠 |language=ko |trans-title="German Gagok is the precious lifeline of my musical life" |work=The Korea Economic Daily |url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=015&aid=0002212517 |via=Naver}} She recorded the song with a Japanese-American conductor, Kent Nagano, in Lyon, France.[https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Strauss-Burger-Edelmann-Ariadne/dp/B007SAP7A8/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391984575&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=adriane+auf+sumi+jo Adriane auf Naxos] 아마존뮤직 Jo said it was the hardest record to sing ever. In 1993, she became the first Asian soprano to win La Siola d'Oro. In addition, Jo won six international competitions for the first time as an Asian soprano, and was recorded as the first Asian prima donna who starred in the world's opera theaters.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ko:'무릎팍' 소프라노 조수미, "잔인하다. 슬픔 이기고 노래한다는 건…" |trans-title='Kneepak' soprano Sumi Jo, "It's cruel. Singing after overcoming sadness..." |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0001996044 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=My Daily |language=ko |via=Naver}}

"Her voice is the best gift God has given," said Herbert von Karajan, who is considered as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, and praised her as "a voice from above".{{Cite web |title=Korean soprano Sumi Jo designated UNESCO Artist for Peace – UNESCO Celebrity Advocates {{!}} UNESCO.org |url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12886&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |website=UNESCO}} Karajan also admired, "I am surprised that you have learned in Korea, are there such excellent teachers in Korea? Korea is a great nation".{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ko:신이 내린 목소리 ‘조수미’& ‘AAM’ 이 온다. ‘폭풍이 몰아치고’, 가슴이 뛴다 |trans-title=The voices of God, 'Sumi Jo' & 'AAM' are coming. ‘A storm is coming’, my heart races |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/022/0002249722?sid=103 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Segyo Ilbo |language=ko |via=Naver}} The New York Metropolitan Theater Opera News praised "her song has already risen above the criticism". Le Monde of France praised her vocals by saying that "Even fairies listen to her songs".{{Cite web |last=Ahn |first=Soo-hyeok |title= |script-title=ko:소프라노 조수미,의정부예술의전당서 '봄의 왈츠'공연 |trans-title=Soprano Sumi Jo performs 'Spring Waltz' at Uijeongbu Arts Center |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0000381714?sid=103 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website= |language=ko |via=Naver}}

Jo has released over 40 albums since her European operatic debut in 1986.{{cite web |last1=Jung-joo |first1=Lee |title=Soprano Jo Su-mi to go on five-city tour in June |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230507000095 |website=The Korea Herald |access-date=March 30, 2024 |language=en |date=May 7, 2023}} This list is adapted from Jo's Melon profile, her official website, and other sources as noted.{{cite web |title=조수미 |url=https://www.melon.com/artist/album.htm?artistId=2089 |website=Melon |access-date=March 30, 2024 |language=ko}}{{cite web |title=" Soprano Sumi Jo " 소프라노 조수미의 홈페이지 |url=https://josumi.co.kr/ |website=Jo Sumi |access-date=March 30, 2024}}

• Carnaval! French Coloratura Arias (Decca Records, January 1994)
• Saeya Saeya ({{lang|ko|새야 새야}}) (Nices, June 1994)
• Virtuoso Arias (Erato Records, August 1994)
• Peter and the Wolf (Korean version) (Erato Records, March 1995)
• Ari Arirang ({{lang|ko|아리 아리랑}}) (Nices, September 1995)
• Sumi Jo Sings Mozart (Erato Records, 1995)
• Bel Canto (Erato Records, 1996)
• Live At Carnegie Hall (Erato Records, 1997)
• La Promessa (Erato Records, September 1998)
• Les Bijoux (Erato Records, December 1998)
• Echoes from Vienna: Tribute to Johann Strauss (Erato Records, April 1999)
• Only Love (Erato Records, March 2000) — sold 1,055,170 copies in South KoreaCumulative sales of Only Love (including special editions):
• {{cite web |title=2000년 POP 순위집계 |trans-title=2000 Pop Ranking |url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2000_2h.htm |website=Music Industry Association of Korea |language=ko |access-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616195733/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2000_2h.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2007}}
• {{cite web |title=2001년 - POP 음반 판매량 |trans-title=2001 Pop Album Sales |url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2001_2h.htm |website=Music Industry Association of Korea |language=ko |access-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616165619/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2001_2h.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2007}}
• {{cite web |title=2002년 - POP 음반 판매량 |trans-title=2002 Pop Album Sales |url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2002_2h.htm |website=Music Industry Association of Korea |language=ko |access-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322222658/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2002_2h.htm |archive-date=March 22, 2005}}
• {{cite web |title=2003년 - POP 음반 판매량 (상반기) |trans-title=2003 Pop Album Sales (First Half of Year) |url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2003_1h.htm |website=Music Industry Association of Korea |language=ko |access-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060416084237/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/pop_2003_1h.htm |archive-date=April 16, 2006}}
• Opera Love (Decca Records, December 2000)
• Prayers (Erato Records, January 2001)
• The Christmas Album (Erato Records, September 2001)
• Hyangsu ({{lang|ko|향수}}) (ENE Media, September 2002)
• Be Happy: Falling In Love With Movie (Warner Classics, July 2004)
• Baroque Journey (Warner Classics, January 2006)
• Sumi Jo 101 (Warner Music, December 2007)
• Missing You (Deutsche Grammophon, October 2008)
• The Sumi Jo Collection (Warner Classics, August 2009)
• Ich Liebe Dich (Deutsche Grammophon, January 1, 2010){{Cite web |date=2010-03-23 |title="소녀 조수미 감성으로 추억 담아…" |trans-title="I captured memories with the emotions of a young Sumi Jo..." |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/011/0002055178?sid=103 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Seoul Economic Daily |language=ko |via=Naver}}
• Libera (Deutsche Grammophon, January 1, 2011){{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-08-31 |title=조수미 "새 앨범은 내 자유로운 음악 여정의 기록" |trans-title=Sumi Jo: "The new album is a record of my free musical journey" |url=https://www.khan.co.kr/culture/popular_music/article/201108311902385 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Kyunghyang Shinmun |language=ko}}
• La Luce: Sumi Jo Sings Igor Krutoy (Universal Music, December 27, 2012){{Cite web |last= |date=2012-10-22 |title=조수미, 내달 새음반 발매기념 '라 루체' 공연 |trans-title=Sumi Jo to perform ‘La Luce’ to celebrate the release of her new album next month |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0005887089?sid=103 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Yonhap News |language=ko |via=Naver News}}
• Only Bach: Cantatas For Soprano, Violin & Guitar (Deutsche Grammophon, January 1, 2014){{Cite web |last= |date=2014-04-15 |title=소프라노 커리어의 정점에서 부르다…조수미의 첫 바흐 아리아 앨범 'Only Bach' |trans-title=Singing at the peak of a soprano's career...Sumi Jo's first Bach aria album "Only Bach" |url=https://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20140415000591&pos=naver |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Herald Business |language=ko}}
• Longing {{lang|ko|(그.리.다.)}} (Universal Music, August 27, 2015){{Cite web |last= |date=2015-08-27 |title=조수미 첫 가요 앨범 '그.리.다.' 오늘 발매 |trans-title=Sumi Jo's first pop album 'Longing' out today |url=https://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20150827000408&pos=naver |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Herald Business |language=ko}}
• La Prima Donna: 30th Debut Anniversary (Universal Music, August 23, 2016){{Cite web |last=Sun-ah |first=Shim |date=2016-08-23 |title=Soprano Sumi Jo: There's no royal road to learning singing |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20160823002700315 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en}}
• Mother (Universal Music, April 18, 2019){{Cite web |last=Eun-byel |first=Im |date=2019-04-23 |title=With new album, soprano Sumi Jo shares ode to 'Mother' |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190423000628 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}}
• LUX3570, collaboration with I Musici (Decca Records, December 10, 2021){{Cite web |date=2021-12-10 |title=조수미×이 무지치 새앨범 'LUX3570' 발매 |trans-title=Sumi Jo and I Musici release new album 'LUX3570' |url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/22V8LRBMNQ/GH0210 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Seoul Economic Daily |language=ko}}
• In Love ({{lang|ko|사랑할 때}}) (Warner Music, December 6, 2022){{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=신보 '사랑할 때' 낸 조수미 "첫사랑의 애틋함 전해드리고파" |trans-title=Sumi Jo releases album "In Love", says "I want to convey the feelings of first love" |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20221206082200005 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Yonhap News |language=ko |author1=김용래 }}

• Rossini: Le comte Ory (Philips Classics Records, 1988)
• Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Decca Records, 1989)
• Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Deutsche Grammophon, 1989)
• Mozart: The Magic Flute (Decca Records, 1990)
• Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Philips Classics Records, 1991)
• Mozart: The Magic Flute (Decca Records, 1992)
• Auber: Le domino noir (Decca Records, 1993)
• Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Virgin Classics, 1994)
• Rossini: Tancredi (Naxos Records, 1994)
• Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (Erato Records, 1996)
• Adam: Le toréador (Decca Records, 1997)
• Bellini: Norma (Decca Records, 2013)

• Philharmonie Berlin: Gala Opera Concert (Capriccio, 1988)
• Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' (Deutsche Grammophon, 1990)
• Rossini: Messa di Gloria (Philips Classics Records, 1992)
• Orff: Carmina Burana (Warner Classics, 1992)
• Requiem After J.S. Bach (Black Box Classics, 1995)
• Ave Maria: The Myth of Mary (Teldec, 1999)
• "Mirame Bailar" from the Korean version of Rhythm & Romance by Kenny G (Concord Records, 2008){{Cite web |date=2008-02-19 |title=Kenny G Returns in April |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/03/732_19209.html |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}}

• Sumi Jo in Paris – For My Father (2006)[http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=144&aid=0000025108 조수미 “오 사랑하는 나의 아버지” 앙코르 ‘눈물의 사부곡’]

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