Biography

Winner of the 2024 Operalia Audience Prize, British baritone Jack Lee made his professional debut in 2022 at the Wiener Staatsoper. As a member of the Staatsoper’s Opernstudio, his roles included Sebastian in The Tempest, Bello in La Fanciulla del West, Pietro Fléville in Andrea Chénier, Marchese d’Obigny in La Traviata, and Konrad Nachtigall in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In 2024, Jack performed at the Salzburger Festspiele, singing the role of Der König in Carl Orff’s Die Kluge. Starting in the 2024/25 season, he will join the ensemble of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where his roles will include Figaro in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Der Prinz von Mantua in Offenbach’s Fantasio.

Jack is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied under Giles Underwood and Chad Vindin. While in London, his operatic roles included Peter Besenbinder in Hansel and Gretel for British Youth Opera, Ramiro in L’Heure Espagnole, and Mr. Gedge in Albert Herring for Royal Academy Opera. A sought-after performer on the concert platform, Jack’s repertoire includes Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony, Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and Orff’s Carmina Burana. He has also participated in masterclasses with eminent singers and conductors, including Brigitte Fassbaender, Alexander Soddy, Étienne Dupuis, Simon Keenlyside, and Joyce DiDonato.