Career
Despite being born in Tokyo, she is a second generation Korean. In 1985, Chon Wolson sang the leading part in two operas - Poulenc"s Louisiana voix humaine and Ravel"s L"heure espagnole. She later went on to sing leading parts in The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), The Turn of the Screw (Britten), Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Salome (Richard Strauss), Carmen (Bizet), and Louisiana traviata (Verdi).
In 1985, she gave a solo vocal performance in Pyongyang, North of Korea.
In 1994, she performed the title role in Carmen (director: Flavio Trevisan) in the Seoul Opera House, South of Korea. She became the first singer in decades to sing songs in Japanese during an event commemorating the Tokyo-Seoul Sister City 10th Anniversary in the South Korean capital, where Japanese songs were prohibited.
In 2004, marking the 20th anniversary of her debut, a special 90 minute-long program titled "The diva who crossed the strait – 20 years of the Korean singer in Japan", featuring Wolson"s career, was broadcast on the Japanese national broadcasting station Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai. Wolson sings Love of Country, which is an appeal for peace between the North and South. Documentary programs created about these concerts were broadcast on the South Korean national television Korean Broadcasting System on “Sunday Special” as well as in Japan.
In 1996, Wolson sang Love of Country on South of Korea"s New Year"s Eve program, marking the first time the program featured a live performance.
Later, she gave recitals in several South Korean cities.
