Dong-Hwan Lee
Represented By:
Michael Morelli
mm@crescendiartists.com
+45 21 95 28 28
Ole Justesen
oj@crescendiartists.com
+45 21 85 58 60
INTRODUCTION
Korean baritone Dong-Hwan Lee is a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin since season 2015/16.
He has strong, powerful voice and impressive stage presence.
RECENT AND FUTURE HIGHLIGHTS
Recently Dong-Hwan Lee has performed as:
- Conte di Luna/Il Trovatore at Opera Østfold;
- Ping/Turandot, Escamillo/Carmen and Andrey Shchelkalov/Boris Godunov at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Future engements include:
- Madarin/Turandot at Osterfestspiele Salzburg w.C. Thielemann;
- Simon Boccanegra, Sharpless/Madama Butterfly, Germont/La Traviata, Ping/Turandot, Heerrufer/Lohengrin at Deutsche Oper Berlin;
- Don Giovanni at Daegu Opera House;
- Figaro/Le Nozze di Figaro at Seongnam Arts Center.
BIOGRAPHY
Since season 2015/16 Dong-Hwan Lee has performed in various productions at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has sang Escamillo/Carmen, Germont/La Traviata, Sharpless/Mafama Butterfly, Ping/Turandot, Heerrufer/Lohegrin, Cecil/Maria Stuarda, Don Alvaro/Il Viaggio A Reims.
In the 2014/15 season, Mr. Lee sang the role of Monterone in Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden). Additionally this season, he performed the role of Le Comte Monterone in Rigoletto at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulose.
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).
Opera
| Bizet, G. | Carmen | Escamillo |
| Debussy, C. | Pelleas et Melisande | Goloud |
| Donizetti, G. | Lucia di Lammermoor | Enrico |
| Maria Stuarda | Cecil | |
| L’Elisir d’Amore | Belcore | |
| Bellini, V. | I Puritani | Riccardo |
| Humperdinck, E. | Hänsel und Gretel | Peter |
| Mozart, W.A. | Le Nozze di Figaro | Figaro |
| Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | |
| Così fan tutte | Guglielmo | |
| Mussorgsky, M. | Boris Godunov | Andrey Shchelkalov |
| Puccini, G. | Tosca | Scarpia |
| La bohème | Marcello | |
| Madama Butterfly | Sharpless | |
| Turandot | Ping | |
| Rossini, G. | Il Viaggio a Reim | Don Alvaro |
| Verdi, G. | Simon Boccanegra | Simon |
| Il Trovatore | Conte di Luna | |
| La Traviata | Giorgio Germont | |
| Un Ballo in Maschera | Renato | |
| Aida | Amonasro | |
| Falstaff | Ford | |
| Wagner, R. | Lohengrin | Heerrufer |
| Das Rheingold | Donner | |
| Rienzi | Paolo |
| CONCERT | ||
|---|---|---|
| Beethoven, L.V. | Symphony no. 9 | |
| Faure, G. | Reqiuem | |
| Haydn, J. | Die Schöpfung | |
| Mendelssohn, F. | Elijah | |
| Paulus | ||
