In 26/27, Lee appears with the Woon Hyung Lee Foundation in Il trovatore and makes his Lyric Opera of Kansas City debut in Aida. Last season, he made his Teatro Colón debut in Cavalleria rusticana and returned to Bayerische Staatsoper for Turandot.

Lee appears regularly at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including The Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Dutch National Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, and Opera Australia. His international career has also brought him to Washington National Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Arena di Verona, Greek National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Opéra national de Lyon, The Dallas Opera, Seattle Opera, and Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.

A longstanding presence at The Metropolitan Opera, Lee made his company debut in Don Carlo and has returned for Il trovatore, Carmen, Nabucco, Cavalleria rusticana, Aida, and Turandot, among others. He has maintained a similarly close relationship with Bayerische Staatsoper, where he also debuted in Don Carlo and has returned in nearly every season since.

Lee’s repertoire includes Otello, Don Carlo, Andrea Chénier, Il trovatore, Aida, La forza del destino, Turandot, Tosca, La fanciulla del West, Il tabarro, Pagliacci, Cavalleria rusticana, Carmen, Norma, Samson et Dalila, and La battaglia di Legnano.

Throughout his career, Lee has collaborated with leading conductors including Gianluigi Gelmetti, Daniel Oren, Marc Albrecht, Nello Santi, Marco Armiliato, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Lee studied at Seoul National University and the Mannes School of Music. He made his international debut in Don Carlo at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile, launching a career that has since taken him to the major opera stages of Europe, North America, Australia, and South America.

2026-2027