Dong-Hwan Lee

INTRODUCTION

Korean baritone Dong-Hwan Lee has a strong, powerful voice and impressive stage presence.

He was a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from season 2015/16 to 2017/18.  Dong-Hwan Lee remains associated with the Deutsche Oper Berlin as a guest artist.

RECENT AND FUTURE HIGHLIGHTS

The most recent and future engagements of Dong-Hwan Lee include:

• Simon Boccanegra, Sharpless/Madama Butterfly and Monfort/Les Vêpres Siciliennes (in French) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin;
• Conte di Luna/Il Trovatore and Il Conte di Almaviva/Le Nozze di Figaro at the Korea National Opera;
• Sharpless/Madama Butterfly, Marcello/La bohème, Enrico/Lucia di Lammermoor,  Jochanaan/Salome, Peter/Hänsel und Gretel and Monforte/I vespri Siciliani (a KNO production, also performed at Dangjin Art Center) at Daegu Opera House;
• Figaro/Le Nozze di Figaro and a Rigoletto Gala at Seongnam Arts Center;
• Sir Riccardo/I Puritani at Seoul Arts Center;
• the title role in Rigoletto, Belcore/L’elisir d’amore and Enrico/Lucia di Lammermoor in Pusan, South Korea.

BIOGRAPHY

Since the 2015/16 season, Dong-Hwan Lee has taken the stage in a variety of productions at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In recent seasons, he has showcased his talent in roles such as the titular character in Simon Boccanegra, Escamillo/Carmen, Giorgio Germont/La Traviata, Sharpless/Madama Butterfly, Ping/Turandot, Heerrufer/Lohengrin, Andrey Shchelkalov/Boris Godunov, Cecil/Maria Stuarda, and Don Alvaro/Il Viaggio A Reims, among others.

His regular appearances at the Korea National Opera include notable performances, such as Marcello/La bohème (2018), Peter/Hänsel und Gretel (2019), Giorgio Germont/La Traviata (2020 & 2022), and Conte di Luna/Il Trovatore (2023).

Dong-Hwan Lee has also performed at the Daegu Opera House as Escamillo/Carmen and Marcello/La bohème (2016), Sharpless/Madama Butterfly (2018), Enrico/Lucia di Lammermoor (2022), and Jochanaan/Salome (2023).

In 2019, Mr. Lee appeared as a guest soloist, portraying Conte di Luna/Il Trovatore at Opera Østfold, Norway.

During the 2014/15 season, Mr. Lee took on the character of Monterone/Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden). Moreover, within the same season, he played the part of Monterone in another production of Rigoletto at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.

He joined the International Opera Studio at the Staatsoper Hamburg from 2009 to 2011, then he also made his debut at Theater Augsburg from 2011 to 2015 with the roles of Germont/La Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Escamillo/Carmen, Marcello/La Bohéme, Golaud/Pelléas et Mélisande, Tierbändiger/Lulu, Figaro/Le Nozze di Figaro, Leporello/Don Giovanni, Vater/Hänsel und Gretel, Heerrufer/Lohengrin, Altgeselle/Jenufa.

AWARDS

Dong-Hwan Lee has been awarded prizes in various international competitions, such as the First Prize at the 32nd International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Amsterdam 2013, First Prize at the Queen Sonja competition (Oslo), 2nd Prize at the Toulouse International Singing competition (Toulouse), Special Prize at the Francisco Vinas competition (Barcelona), First Prize at the Beniamino Gigli International Singing Competition (Rome) and Third Prize at the Maria Callas International Singing competition (Athens).