Sumi Jo is a Grammy Award winning South Korean lyric coloratura soprano known for her interpretations of the bel canto repertoire.

Sumi Jo currently has 50 recordings to her credit, including ten solo albums for Erato, French division of Warner Classic. These recordings include complete operas, oratorio, operetta, orchestral works and Broadway standards. Notable recordings include Grammy Award winning Die Frau ohne Schatten with Sir Georg Solti for the London/Decca label and Un ballo in maschera for Deutsche Grammophon under Herbert von Karajan. She provided a vocalise for the soundtrack of 1999 film The Ninth Gate, composed by Wojciech Kilar. The main theme of this film is based on a piece by Camille Saint-Saëns. Sumi Jo recorded a cover version of the title song of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2010 musical Love Never Dies.

Her awards and honours include: in 2002 she sang at the World Cup in Seoul, Korea; in 2003 she was elected as an "Artist for Peace" of UNESCO; in 2008 she received the international Puccini Award; in 2008 she sang at the International Olympic Games in Beijing4; in 2014 she sang at the closing ceremony of the Sochi Olympic Games.

Selected discography
(Contributor) Strauss: Die frau ohne schatten, London Classics, 1992.
Carnavall, London Classics, 1995.
Virtuoso Arias, Erato, 1995.
Masked Ball, Deutsche Grammophon (reissue), 1996.
Sumi Jo Sings Mozart, Erato, 1996.
Bel Canto, Erato, 1997.
Italian Songs, Erato, 1998.
La Promessa, Erato, 1998.
Les Bijoux, Erato, 1999.
Only Love, Erato, 2000.
The Christmas Album, Erato, 2001.
Prayers, Erato, 2001.

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