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MEZZO-SOPRANO
About
Praised for her “warm mezzo tone” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and “rare stillness and depth” (Interlude), Hong Kong-born Jeannette Lee is a dynamic singer, teaching artist, and vocal advocate with an international profile.
The 2025–26 season highlights Jeannette’s versatility, with high-profile choral debuts at the Aspen Music Festival and with the New York Philharmonic under Dame Jane Glover in collaboration with Music of the Baroque. She also makes first appearances with Apollo’s Fire and the William Ferris Chorale. On the operatic stage, she will be heard as Durra in Thompson Street Opera’s The People vs. American Cheese and tours as Doctor Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love with Opera for the Young. She also sings the alto solo in Bach’s St. John Passion at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. This past summer, Jeannette joined Teatro Nuovo as a Resident Artist, covering Teresa in La sonnambula and performing in the ensemble of Macbeth.
Her operatic repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary, with roles including Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Annio (La clemenza di Tito), Ottavia (Il giuoco del quadriglio), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), The Child (L’enfant et les sortilèges), and Antonia (Das Liebesverbot). On the concert stage, she has appeared internationally as a soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Handel’s Messiah, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Britten’s Cantata Academica, and Golijov’s Oceana.
A champion of new music, Jeannette has premiered roles in Emily Koh’s HER | alive.un.dead (Guerilla Opera), Stephanie Chou’s Tamale Dumpling (White Snake Projects), and Beth Ratay’s In the House of Serenity (Boston Opera Collaborative). She has also introduced audiences to new song cycles by James Devor, Simon Andrews, and Jenni Brandon, most recently premiering Devor’s Three Views of Baldness at SongSLAM (co-presented by Sparks & Wiry Cries and the Source Song Festival).
Offstage, Jeannette is dedicated to education and advocacy. She is currently a teaching artist with Lyric Opera of Chicago and she serves as President of the Asian Opera Alliance, advancing equity and representation in the operatic field.
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Calendar
Teatro Nuovo, La sonnambula and Macbeth
July 19-20, 23-24, 2025
Montclair State University & New York City Center
Jeannette is a Resident Artist at Teatro Nuovo, covering the role of Teresa in La sonnambula and singing in the ensembles of the productions.
Artistic and General Director: William Crutchfield
Maestro Concertatore e Direttore: Jakob Lehmann
Primo Violino e Capo d’Orchestra: Elisa Citterio
Opera Box Hong Kong, L'enfant et les sortilèges
November 29, 2024
Hong Kong Cultural Center Studio Theatre
3-4pm, 7:30-8:30pm
Jeannette plays the title character in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges.
Expect the unexpected with Opera Box's post-Christmas take on Ravel's The Child and the Enchantments, in which a young mind journeys from chaos to understanding.
Conductor: Isaac Droscha
Musica Viva Hong Kong, Gianni Schicchi
December 13-15, 2024
Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall
Jeannette sings La Ciesca in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
This production is part of Musica Viva's presentation of Puccini's three one-act operas - Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi.
Conductor: Adrian Sit
Opera Box Hong Kong, Opera Clay & Play,
November 23, 2024
Sun Playroom
Sun Museum and Opera Box teams up to present a cross-media outreach event to blend opera, pottery, and art.
Jeannette is a featured singer in the event performing a selection of art songs by Ravel as well as excerpts from L'enfant et les sortilèges.
Collaborator: Prudence Poon (Piano)
Chung Chi Choir, CUHK, Fall Concert
November 7, 2024
Jeannette is the invited guest alumni artist performing a selection of blues songs at the Chung Chi Choir Fall Concert.
Collaborator: Yikkiu Tsun (Piano)
Source Song Festival
August 5 - 9, 2024
Jeannette is one of the 8 selected groups to participate in the MNDuo program - a week of masterclasses and performances at
Collaborator: Jing-Fang Huang (Piano)
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Norma
January 18, 2024
Sanders Theatre
Jeannette will be singing in the chorus of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' production of Norma (Bellini).
Conductor: Federico Cortese
West End Lyric, Il giuoco del quadriglio
November 19, 2023
The Boston Synogogue
Jeannette will be singing the role of "Ottavia" in West End Lyric's prodction of Il giuoco del quadriglio (Caldera).
White Snake Projects, Let's Celebrate Series
November 18, 2023
Emerson Colonial Theatre
Jeannette will be singing the role of "Grandmother Lily" in Chou's Tamale Dumpling.
Director: Laine Rettmer
Conductor: Tian Hui Ng
Recitalist, An Emerald Necklace of Song
November 12, 2023
Somerville Music Spaces
Jeannette will be singing in recital hosted by Boston Singers' Resource.
Piano: Brendon Shapiro
Recitalist, Selections from 27 Haikus
October 27, 2023
Boston University Marshall Room
Jeannette will be singing in Jacob LyteHaven's recital to present excerpts from Kohn's 27 Haikus.
Opera del West, La clemenza di Tito
September 29, 30, and October 1
Boston Center for the Arts
Jeannette will be performing the role of Annio in Opera del West's production of La clemenza di Tito (Mozart).
Director: Brenda Huggins
Music Director: Eve Budnick
Boston Lyric Opera, Madama Butterfly
September 14, 17, 22, 24, 2023
Emerson Colonial Theatre
Jeannette will be singing in the Chorus, as well as a Suzuki Study Cover in Boston Lyric Opera's Madama Butterfly (Puccini).
Director: Phil Chan
Conductor: David Angus
Video
"Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris"
Bach, Mass in B minor
"Wie du warst"
Strauss, Der Rosenkavelier
"Laudamus Te"
Mozart, Mass in C minor
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