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The Hong Kong Chinese mezzo-soprano, Jeannette Lee, obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and English from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2011-2015); her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory of Music (2017-2019), where she was Graduate Assistant in the Music History Department; and her Doctor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Boston University (Septmber 2020; expected graduation: May 2025), where she was Applied Music Instructor (Voice) (September 2020-May 2023), Aural Skills Instructor (January 2021-May 2023) and Keyboard Harmony Instructor (September 2021-May 2023). She was a finalist in the 8th Concurso Internacional de Canto Linus Lerner. She was also a prize-winner in 2023 William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition and received the Hilda Harris Mezzo Soprano Prize at the 2022 George Shirley Vocal Competition.
Recently lauded by Boston Musical Intelligencer for her “warm mezzo tone”, Jeannette Lee is a sought-after versatile performer based in Chicago, Illinois. On the international concert stage, she has appeared as a soloist in J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 (Cantata Singers, 2023) and BWV 70 & BWV 130 (Cantata Singers, 2022), L.v. Beethoven's Chorale Fantasy, George Frideric Handel's Dixit Dominus (Cantata Singers, 2022) and Messiah (2022), Benjamin Britten's Cantata Academica (2021), Monteverdi’s Marienvespers (2017) and Osvaldo Golijov’s Oceana (Cantata Singers, 2022). Her operatic roles include Cherubino in W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Hänsel in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Fox in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen, Hermia in B. Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Antonia in R. Wagner's Das Liebesverbot.
Jeannette Lee recently premiered the role of Mom in Emily Koh’s HER | alive.un.dead with Guerilla Opera (2022-2023). This season, she appeared in Boston Lyric Opera’s Madama Butterfly as Chorus and Suzuki Study Cover (2023), Annio in Opera del West’s W.A. Mozart's La clemenza di Tito (2023), Ottavia in West End Lyric’s Il giuoco del quadriglio (2023), and Grandmother Lily in White Snake Projects’ Let’s Celebrate series (2023).
Jeannette Lee has been Soloist and Choir Master with Hong Kong Festival Orchestra (August 2017); Voice Teacher at Maestro Musicians Academy in Lexington, Massachusetts (February 2020-September 2021); Staff Singer at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (September 2019-November 2021); Singer in Boston Opera Collaborative (September 2021-February 2023); Teaching Artist Handel and Haydn Society (October 2022-May 2023); Staff Singer at St. Mary, Church of the Assumption in Brookline, Massachusetts (January 2022-July 2023); Member of Vox Futura in Boston (since September 2021); Development Coordinator at Guerilla Opera in Boston (since September 2022). |
