Jihyun Cecilia Lee

Jihyun Cecilia Lee (* 1989 in Suwon ) is a Korean opera singer with a soprano voice .

biography

Jihyun Cecilia Lee studied from 2008 to 2012 with Jungwon Park at the Hanyang University in Seoul and then with Rudolf Piernay in the master's degree in concert / lied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim . Master classes with Ruth Ziesak , Ulrich Eisenlohr, Hans-Peter Stenzl, Axel Bauni, Burkhard Kehring and Peter Nelson complemented her training. In the 2015/16 season she was a member of the opera studio at La Scala u. a. the Pamina in a children's version of the Magic Flute . She has been a permanent member of the Augsburg Theater since the 2017/18 season .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Debut in	role
2015-09	Donna Clara ( The Dwarf )	Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
2017-10	Ännchen ( Der Freischütz )	Theater Augsburg
2018-10	Jitka ( Dalibor )	Theater Augsburg
2018–12	Pamina ( The Magic Flute )	Theater Augsburg
2019-05	Norina ( Don Pasquale )	Theater Augsburg
2019-12	Hanna Glawari ( The Merry Widow )	Theater Augsburg

Prizes and awards

• 2nd prize at the Paula Salomon Lindberg competition "Das Lied", Berlin (2013)
• 1st Prize and Song Prize at the 8th European Singing Competition DEBUT (2016)

Web links

• Jihyun Cecilia Lee on the website of the State Theater Augsburg
• Jihyun Cecilia Lee at Operabase (engagements and dates)}
• Portrait of Jihyun Cecilia Lee , Augsburger Allgemeine (2017)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jihyun Cecilia Lee, singer. Theater Augsburg, accessed on December 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Andreas Hauff: Zemlinsky's “Zwerg” twice - Mainz and Kaiserslautern open the opera season. In: Neue Musikzeitung. October 14, 2015, accessed December 14, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Richard Mayr: It started with an opera premiere in Martini Park. In: Augsburger Allgemeine. October 1, 2017, accessed December 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Markus Thiel: "Dalibor in Augsburg": Rebellion in the backlight. In: Münchner Merkur. October 17, 2018, accessed December 14, 2018 . 
5. ↑ The great illusion machine; Andrea Schwalbach brings Mozart's "Magic Flute" to the stage in Augsburg's Martini Park. In: Donaukurier. December 10, 2018, accessed December 14, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Peter Jungblut: There the bunny parade hops: "Don Pasquale" in Augsburg. In: BR24. May 26, 2019, accessed May 26, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Bettina Kohlen: Money, Love and an Operetta State. In: a3 culture. December 10, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Lee, Jihyun Cecilia (Mannheim). In: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition. Retrieved December 14, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Wieland Aschinger: Soprano Jihyun Lee wins DEBUT singing competition. In: Music Today. September 25, 2016, accessed December 14, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Jihyun Cecilia Lee: Così fan tutte - Come Scoglio, Fiordiligi aria (video document from the DEBUT competition 2016). In: Youtube. Retrieved December 14, 2018 .