Francesco Hong (Hong Sung-Hoon) was born in South Korea. Hi srepertoire includes the Duke in Rigoletto, the title role in Don Carlo, Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera, Manrico in Il trovatore, Alvaro in La forza del destino (Verdi), Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rodolfo in La boheme, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Calaf in Turandot (Puccini), Pollione in Norma (Bellini), the title role in Andrea Chenier (Giordano), Turridu in Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni), Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) and many others. He performs at La Scala, the Vienna Staatsoper and the opera houses of Parma, Trieste, Bari, Genova, Palermo, Bologna, Tenerife, Florence, Frankfurt, Piacenza,  Modena, Catania, Madrid, Philadelphia, Savonnlina, Copenhagen, Oviedo, Las Palmas, Guangzhou and many others.

His roles at the Israeli Opera:
Luisa Miller: Rodolfo (2013)