South Korean baritone Sangmin Lee was born in Seoul in 1977. It was in his home town where he started his voice studies at the Yonsei University. He completed them with a postgraduate degree in Hochschule für Musik in Dresden.
2007 he won the 1. Prize 2007 by the International Singing Competition "Competizione dell'Opera" in Dresden.
Sangmin Lee was engaged from 2007 until 2012 as permanent ensemble member at Semperoper Dresden where he has sung such important roles like Conte dʼAlmaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Ford in Falstaff, Marcello in La bohème and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Since the 2012/2013 season Lee in engaged at Opera Dortmund where his latest works include Graf Luna (Il Trovatore), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Germont (La traviata), Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier), Kurwenal (Tristan and Isolde) and Father / Broom maker (Hänsel und Gretel).
As a guest he has performed in State Opera Praha (Germont in La traviata), National Opera Warsaw (Duca di Nottingham in Roberto Devereux), National Opera Seoul(Valentin in Faust), Opera Magdeburg (Opera Magdeburg), Staatstheater Darmstadt (Title role of Rigoletto)), Theater Hof (Amonasro in Aida) In the season 2015/2016 he returned as guest soloist to Semperoper Dresden by singing Marcello in La bohème.
Recent engagements:
May-Jul 2019 Lohengrin: Friedrich von Telramund, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Mar-Jul 2019: Madama Butterfly: Sharpless, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Dec 2018-Feb 2019: Hänsel und Gretel: Peter, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Sep 2018-Jun 2019: Krieg und Frieden: Napoleon, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Sep-Dec 2018 Salome: Jochanaan, Theater Magdeburg
Mar-Jun 2018 Nabucco: Nabucco, Theater Dortmund
Feb-May 2018 Rigoletto: Rigoletto, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
Feb-Mar 2018 La traviata: Giorgio Vermont, Volksoper Wien
Dec 2017-Jan 2018: Eugen Onegin: Onegin, Theater Dortmund
In 2019/2020, Mr. Lee can be seen at State Theater Nuremberg a.o. as Rodrigue in Don Carlos, Marcello in La Bohème, Lescaut in Manon, Captain Balstrode in Peter Grimes, as well as in the title role of Nabucco.
2007 he won the 1. Prize 2007 by the International Singing Competition "Competizione dell'Opera" in Dresden.
Sangmin Lee was engaged from 2007 until 2012 as permanent ensemble member at Semperoper Dresden where he has sung such important roles like Conte dʼAlmaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Ford in Falstaff, Marcello in La bohème and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Since the 2012/2013 season Lee in engaged at Opera Dortmund where his latest works include Graf Luna (Il Trovatore), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Germont (La traviata), Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier), Kurwenal (Tristan and Isolde) and Father / Broom maker (Hänsel und Gretel).
As a guest he has performed in State Opera Praha (Germont in La traviata), National Opera Warsaw (Duca di Nottingham in Roberto Devereux), National Opera Seoul(Valentin in Faust), Opera Magdeburg (Opera Magdeburg), Staatstheater Darmstadt (Title role of Rigoletto)), Theater Hof (Amonasro in Aida) In the season 2015/2016 he returned as guest soloist to Semperoper Dresden by singing Marcello in La bohème.
Recent engagements:
May-Jul 2019 Lohengrin: Friedrich von Telramund, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Mar-Jul 2019: Madama Butterfly: Sharpless, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Dec 2018-Feb 2019: Hänsel und Gretel: Peter, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Sep 2018-Jun 2019: Krieg und Frieden: Napoleon, Staatstheater Nürnberg
Sep-Dec 2018 Salome: Jochanaan, Theater Magdeburg
Mar-Jun 2018 Nabucco: Nabucco, Theater Dortmund
Feb-May 2018 Rigoletto: Rigoletto, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
Feb-Mar 2018 La traviata: Giorgio Vermont, Volksoper Wien
Dec 2017-Jan 2018: Eugen Onegin: Onegin, Theater Dortmund
In 2019/2020, Mr. Lee can be seen at State Theater Nuremberg a.o. as Rodrigue in Don Carlos, Marcello in La Bohème, Lescaut in Manon, Captain Balstrode in Peter Grimes, as well as in the title role of Nabucco.