Sumi Jo

South Korean operatic soprano
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Sumi Jo

Summary

Sumi Jo is a human[1]. She was born in Changwon[2]. She was born on November 22, 1962[3]. She worked as an opera singer[4], musician[5], and classical singer[6]. She ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (461 views/month, #7,113 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Sumi Jo was born in Changwon[2].
  • Sumi Jo was born on November 22, 1962[3].
  • Sumi Jo held citizenship in South Korea[8].
  • Sumi Jo worked as an opera singer[4].
  • Sumi Jo worked as a musician[5].
  • Sumi Jo's professions included classical singer[6].
  • Sumi Jo was educated at Seoul National University[9].
  • Sumi Jo was educated at Sunhwa Arts High School[10].
  • Sumi Jo's education included a stint at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia[11].
  • Sumi Jo is recorded as female[12].
  • Sumi Jo's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Sumi Jo's genre is opera[14].
  • Sumi Jo's Commons category is recorded as Sumi Jo[15].
  • Sumi Jo's voice type is recorded as coloratura soprano[16].
  • Sumi Jo's family name is recorded as Cho[17].
  • Sumi Jo's given name is recorded as Su-mi[18].
  • Sumi Jo's given name is recorded as Xiumei[19].
  • Sumi Jo's instrument is recorded as voice[20].
  • Sumi Jo's described by source is recorded as BEIC Digital Library[21].
  • Sumi Jo's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Korean[22].
  • Sumi Jo's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '조수미'}[23].
  • Sumi Jo's Fach vocal classification is recorded as coloratura soprano[24].
  • Sumi Jo's McCune–Reischauer romanization is recorded as Cho Sumi[25].
  • Sumi Jo's Revised Romanization is recorded as Jo Sumi[26].
  • Sumi Jo's start of work period is recorded as 1986[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: KR[29]

  • Began / founded: 1962-11-22[30]

  • Genre(s): classical[31]

  • Community tags: classical, soprano, south korean soprano[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dd21a142-cf44-4e22-add6-a50eea696854[33]

Body

Origins and Family

Sumi Jo's place of birth was Changwon[2]. She was born on November 22, 1962[3].

Education

Educated at Seoul National University[9], a national university[34], in South Korea[35], founded in 1946[36], headquartered in Seoul[37]; Sunhwa Arts High School[10], a high school[38], in South Korea[39], founded in 1977[40]; and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia[11], an academic institution[41], in Italy[42], founded in 1585[43].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include opera singer[4], musician[5], and classical singer[6].

Why It Matters

Sumi Jo ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (461 views/month, #7,113 of 1,000,298).[7] She has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] She is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

FAQs

Where was Sumi Jo born?

Born in Changwon[2], Sumi Jo…

What did Sumi Jo do for work?

Sumi Jo worked as opera singer[4], musician[5], and classical singer[6].

Where did Sumi Jo go to school?

Sumi Jo was educated at Seoul National University[9], Sunhwa Arts High School[10], and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Douban personage id 27319470
    Occupation opera singer, musician, classical singer
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