“Seiyoung Kim’s high-wire tenor and bundle-of-energy demeanor made the monkey and rat the most vibrant animals of the contest. No wonder the rat won the race.”
— Texas Classical Review
(Monkey and Rat in The Big Swim at Houston Grand Opera, 2024)
“Other roles in the troupe were taken primarily by members of the Glimmerglass Young Artists Program, with tenor Seiyoung Kim especially endearing as Little Victor Farrell.”
— Bach Track
(Little Victor Farrell in Elizabeth Cree at The Glimmerglass Festival, 2024)
“The appealing tenor Seiyoung Kim brought a bright, pointed line to enact a secure, amusingly petulant Pan, and this versatile performer also created a solid impression as Nature.”
— Opera Today
(Pane/Natura in La Calisto at The Glimmerglass Festival, 2024)
“The singers, troopers all, made the best of this, as they mugged like silent film clowns and ingratiated themselves to a willing audience eager to be entertained. Kim's monkey and rat made an impression with his high vocal line like a howler monkey's;”
— Houston Press
(Monkey and Rat in The Big Swim at Houston Grand Opera, 2024)
“First on the program was tenor Seiyoung Kim who has the lovely clean and warm tone that a young tenor should have. His performance of songs by Schubert and Beethoven impressed us by its musicality. We liked his phrasing, the clarity of his German diction, and the variety of dynamics with which he made the line interesting.
His onstage presence is confident and unfussy with most of the expressiveness emanating vocally. The texts bore a great deal of repetition but his change of coloration made each repetition sound fresh.”
— Voce di Meche
(Liederabend at The Juilliard School, 2016)