magazine. Hong's husband was diagnosed with cancer in December 2007 and died in July 2008. Having cancelled her whole schedule at the time of his diagnosis to care for him, she was away from the stage for two years in mourning. She returned to the stage of the Met as Violetta in La traviata on April 13, 2010. She currently lives in Queens, New York, United States with her three children. Awards Ho-Am Prize in the Arts (2014) Repertoire at the Met Hei-kyung Hong's career at the Met (updated through December 31, 2015): Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro: Countess Almaviva (30 performances), Susanna (10 performances), Barbarina (8 performances) Don Giovanni: Zerlina (29 performances) Così fan tutte: Despina (14 performances) La clemenza di Tito: Servilia (11 performances) Die Zauberflöte : Pamina (9 performances) Idomeneo: Ilia (9 performances) Giacomo Puccini La bohème: Mimì (64 performances) Turandot: Liù (33 performances) Gianni Schicchi: Lauretta (5 performances) Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlo: Celestial Voice (26 performances) La traviata: Violetta (13 performances) / Beside the 13 performances, she sang in 1 performance for Acts 2 and 3 only on April 21, 2012. Rigoletto: Gilda (7 performances) / Besides the 7 performances, she sang in 1 performance for Act 1 only on January 4, 1991. Georges Bizet Carmen: Micaëla (35 performances) Richard Wagner Das Rheingold: Freia (10 performances) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Eva (4 performances) Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio: Marzelline (12 performances) George Frideric Handel Samson: Virgin (8 performances) Giulio Cesare : Cleopatra (1 performance) John Corigliano The Ghosts of Versailles: Rosina (6 performances) Jacques Offenbach Les contes d'Hoffmann: Antonia/Stella (4 performances) Gaetano Donizetti L'elisir d'amore: Adina (3 performances) Charles Gounod Roméo et Juliette: Juliette (9 performances) She has also appeared at the Met in four concerts and two gala performances. Videography James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala (1996), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, B0004602-09 References 1959 births Living people People from Gangwon Province, South Korea South Korean operatic sopranos EMI Classics and Virgin Classics artists Juilliard School alumni 20th-century South Korean women singers 21st-century South Korean women singers 20th-century women opera singers 21st-century women opera singers Recipients of the Ho-Am Prize in the Arts