Hye Jung Lee, soprano

Birthplace: Seoul, Korea.

Career highlights: Nannetta in Falstaff, Marie in La Fille du Régiment, Zdenka in Arabella at Mannes Opera, Lauretta and Nella in Gianni Schicchi at Seoul National University. Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem, Joseph Haydn Paukenmesse with Hochschule für Musik Dresden Carl Maria von Weber orchestra in Meissen. 

She has received the bachelor of arts degree from Seoul National University and the master’s diploma from Hochschule für Musik in Dresden, Germany. She is currently in the master’s program at the Mannes College of Music. 

Awards: 58.ARD International Music Competition, Career Bridges 2009 Grants Winner, The 5th Shizuoka international opera competition 2nd Prize, International Music Competiton Ferruccio Tagliavini in Austria, The Queen Sonja International Music Competition Finalist.

Tonight’s performance marks Ms. Lee’s Carnegie Hall debut.