Wonsin Lee

Soprano Wonsin Lee studied at Sejong University in Seoul, and furthered her training at master classes in opera singing at the Seoul National University. She then pursued her studies at the Alfredo Casella Conservatory in Aquila, at the conservatory in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in courses at the Internationale Sommerakademie Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and elsewhere. While still a student, she won two first prizes: from the Raimondo Sorrentino Competition in Naples, and from the Valerio Gentile Competition in Bari. Apart from that, she received second prizes from further contests in Italy: the Città di Barletta, I giovani per i giovani in Ravenna, and a competition in Pisa. In 2002 there followed an award from the Vissi d’Arte Opera contest, for her creation of Violetta, and in 2006 another prize, from the Premio Mattia Battistini Opera Competition, for Madama Butterfly.

Wonsin Lee has appeared on opera stages in Italy (Viterbo, Aquila, Rome, Cosenza, Sicilia), and elsewhere in Europe, in leading roles in La bohème, Rigoletto, La traviata, Madama Butterfly, and others. She has likewise guest-appeared in some of the most prestigious concert venues (the Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Herkulessaal in Munich, or Prague’s Smetana Hall, among others). Wonsin Lee currently devotes part of her time to teaching at Dankook University and Chugye University in Korea.