Biography
The lyrical leggiero tenor Kangyoon Shine Lee was born in Seoul, Korea. He completed his studies at the Korea National University of Arts. During his bachelor's degree, he received numerous scholarships and was engaged as a soloist in opera performances at the Korea National University of Arts under the direction of Maestro Carlo Palleschi. During his studies, he already performed the roles of Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ernesto (Don Pasquale) and Nemorino (L'elisir d'amore). He was a Master's student at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with Kammersänger Prof. Roman Trekel.In the 2021/22 season, he sang Verdi's La Traviata and Shostakovich's Die Nase at the Komische Oper Berlin under the direction of Ainars Rubikis and interpreted the tenor solo in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle in Berlin Cathedral. He has also appeared as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) and at a Mozart gala as part of the Immling Festival and was invited to Villach for the ‘Opera Gala of Young Stars’ as part of the Carinthian Summer.
Kangyoon Shine Lee has won several competitions and won the Belvedere Competition in 2021, which earned him an engagement at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He made his house debut there in December 2022 as Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia). This was followed by re-invitations for Korngold's Das Wunder der Heliane and again for Il barbiere di Siviglia in the same season. Lee was also selected by Daniel Barenboim as the soloist for a concert performance of Rossini's La scala di seta in Prenzlau and was honoured by the magazine Das Orchester for his interpretation of Dorvil.
In the 2022/23 season, he was also a guest at the Semperoper Dresden in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims, where he took on the roles of Don Luigino and Zefirino under the direction of Gaetano d'Espinosa. In spring 2023, he made his debut at the Erfurt Theatre with the role of Néoclès in Rossini's opera Le siège de Corinthe, followed by another debut at the Darmstadt State Theatre as Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni). In the 2023/24 season, he sang the tenor arias again at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the staged St Matthew Passion under the baton of Alessandro de Marchi and the direction of Benedikt von Peter as well as Cavalier Belfiore (Il viaggio a Reims).
He has been a permanent member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble since the 2024/25 season and can be heard in roles such as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Count von Lerma (Don Carlo), Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Cavalier Belfiore (Il viaggio a Reims), Malcolm (Macbeth), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser) and Pang (Turandot).
In concert, he has appeared in Lera Auerbach's Vessels of Light at the Dresden Philharmonie under the direction of François Leleux and at the Konzerthaus Berlin with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under chief conductor Joana Mallwitz.
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News
Vessels of Light with Joana Mallwitz at the Konzerthaus Berlin
To mark the 70th anniversary of the International Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem 2024, Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir, Kangyoon Shine Lee and Arttu Kataja will complete the large soloist ensemble at the anniversary concert “Vessels of Light”. Lee and Guðmundsdóttir have already performed this piece by Lera Auerbach in the Dresdner Philharmonie. This time they will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Joana Mallwitz on Sunday, 17th November 2024, at the Konzerthaus Berlin.Information and performance dates:
www.konzerthaus.de
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