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Leonardo Lee

Baritone from South Korea - 31 years old

I was born in Busan and graduated from Sejong University in Seoul. Then, I continued my education in Hannover, where I graduated with a Masters degree in opera and an Artist Diploma. I’ve also taken part in masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Barbara Frittoli, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci, Dimitri Platanias and Roman Trekel.

Awards include 1st prizes at the Iris Adami Corradetti International Competition (2018), the Osaka International Music Competition(2012), Excellence prize at the Hariclea Darclee International Competition (2015) and 2nd prize at the Anneliese Rothenberger Competition (2015). I was a finalist at the Tbilisi Opera Crown (2018), the Renata Tebaldi International competition (2017) and the Otto Edelmann International competition (2015). Festivals and theatres where I’ve performed include Verbier, Leipzig-Gewandhaus, NDR-Hannover, Kiel, Osnabrück, Bregenz and Bielefeld.

Festivals and theatres where I’ve performed include Verbier, Leipzig, Hannover, Kiel, Osnabrück, Bregenz and Bielefeld.

My repertoire also includes Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte) Graf Dominik (Arabella), Director (Les mamelles de Tirésias), Falke (Die Fledermaus), Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Ford (Falstaff), Marcello (La bohème) and the title role in Don Giovanni.

Last year, I made my debuts in the title role in Rigoletto at the Verbier Festival and as Alberich (Siegfried) at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. In the 2018-2019 season, I am performing Monterone (Rigoletto), also in Oldenburg.

My concert experience includes Schoenberg’s Gurre Lieder in Oldenburg and Bielefeld in 2018.

This coming season I will sing Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor), Donner (Das Rheingold), Minksman (Flight) in the Staatstheater Oldenburg.

When I’m relaxing I like to listen to music, watch movies, or go inline skating.

Leonardo Lee

Bariton, 31 oed, De Korea

Cefais fy ngeni yn ninas Busan a graddiais o Brifysgol Sejong yn Seoul. Parhaodd fy addysg yn Hanofer, ac yno graddiais gyda gradd Meistr mewn opera a chanu. Rydw i hefyd wedi cymryd rhan mewn dosbarthiadau meistr gyda Brigitte Fassbaender, Barbara Frittoli, Y Fonesig Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci, Dimitri Platanias a Roman Trekel.

Rydw i wedi ennill y wobr gyntaf yng Nghystadleuaeth Ryngwladol Iris Adami Carradetti yn yr Eidal (2018), Cystadleuaeth Ryngwladol Hariclea Darclee yn Rwmania (2015), a Chystadleuaeth Cerddoriaeth Ryngwladol Osaka (2012). Mae’r gwyliau a’r theatrau rydw i wedi perfformio ynddynt yn cynnwys Verbier, Leipzig, Hanofer, Kiel, Osnabrück, Bregenz a Bielefeld.

Mae fy repertoire yn cynnwys Graf Dominik (Arabella), Cyfarwyddwr (Les mamelles de Tirésias), Falke (Die Fledermaus), Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Ford (Falstaff), Marcello (La bohème) a’r brif rôl yn Don Giovanni.

Y llynedd, ymddangosais am y tro cyntaf yn y brif rôl yn Rigoletto yng Ng诺yl Verbier ac fel Alberich (Siegfried) yn y Staatstheater Oldenburg. Yn ystod tymor 2018-2019, rydw i’n perfformio Monterone (Rigoletto), hefyd yn Oldenburg.

Mae fy mhrofiadau mewn cyngherddau’n cynnwys Gurre Lieder gan Schoenberg yn Oldenburg a Bielefeld yn 2018.

Pan fyddaf yn ymlacio, byddaf yn hoffi gwrando ar gerddoriaeth, gwylio ffilmiau neu sglefrio llinell – roeddwn i’n arfer gwneud hyn yn Korea pan oeddwn i yn fy arddegau, ac mae’r ymarfer corff yn dal yn bwysig iawn ar gyfer fy iechyd a’m ffitrwydd.

Leonardo Lee (Baritone) from South Korea ROUND 2 2019

Leonardo Lee performs "O Mariya, Mariya" from Mazepa by Tchaikovsky

Repertoire

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Ach weh mir ungl眉ckhaftem Mann Op 21 No 4 Richard Strauss
Auf dem Flusse Winterreise No 7 Schubert
Der Wegweiser Winterreise No 20 Schubert
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Song of Shingosan Il-Nam Jang