Habin Kim, a lyric coloratura soprano based in Los Angeles, will open the new season with a performance at Long Beach Opera, with the works of Aperghis at the Queen Mary. Subsequently, she will take on the role of the Witch in Lyric Opera of Orange County’s Macbeth.

Recently, Kim returned to the Walt Disney Concert Hall as a soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, accompanied by the Los Angeles Youth Philharmonic. Additionally, she portrayed Rebecca, the youngest daughter of the Shimono family, in the world premiere of The Camp at the Aratani Theatre. Broadway World praised her voice as “equal parts piercing and elegant, the perfect voicing for the Shimono family’s younger daughter,” while Stage Raw commended her performance as “a standout both vocally and dramatically, bringing grit and humor to a family in turmoil.”

Kim made her professional debut (2024) with Long Beach Opera in the live staging premiere of Pauline Oliveros’ Bye Bye Butterfly, directed by McCall Cadenas. This marked the first-ever live staging of Oliveros’ operatic work, which concluded LBO’s season.

Furthermore, she performed Mozart’s K. 165, Exsultate Jubilate, with the UCLA Philharmonia as the winner of the UCLA All-Stars Competition.

Kim has also performed scenes as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Soeur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites under the direction of Peter Kazaras.

She portrayed Belinda in Dido and Aeneas under James Darrah and the comedic lead of Thérèse in Poulenc’s Les mamelles de Tirésias under Alison Moritz.