Hanna Lee, Soprano
Soprano Hanna Lee,
Who "stole the scene whenever she is onstage and proved to be a gifted
singer - (Austin Chronicle), has performed throughout the United States as well as in Korea,
Japan, Mexico, and Europe. Dr. Lee has performed various leading roles including Susanna (Le
nozze di Figaro), Adina (L'elisir D'amor), Elle (La voix humaine), Sophie (Werther), Adele (Die
Fledermaus), Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Despina (Così
fan tutte), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), and Rosina (Il Barbiere
di Siviglia).
On the concert stage, she appeared as a Soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Steve Reich's
Drumming, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Poulenc's Gloria, Bach's Mass in B Minor, Bach's St. Matthew
Passion, and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
Ms. Hanna won a silver medal in the Young Texas Artists Music Competition and has
received numerous prizes, including the New Jersey Sinfonietta International Vocal Competition,
the Houston Saengerbund: A German Vocal Competition and the Mid-Texas Symphony Young
Artist Competition. She also was a finalist in the Marilyn Horne Song Competition.
She has earned her Master’s degree and Doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin
as the recipient of the Willa Stewart Setseck Scholarship. She also has received her bachelor’s
degree from Korea National University of the Arts, from which she graduated summa cum laude.
Dr. Lee enjoys teaching a variety of voice students at the Dankook University as
an adjunct professor.