Kangyoon Shine Lee

Kangyoon Shine Lee is a lyric leggero tenor born in Seoul, South Korea. He studied at the Korea National University of Arts before completing his Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, where he is currently continuing his studies towards the concert examination.

Lee has received numerous awards at competitions in Korea, including the La Bella Opera Competition and the Seil Korean Art Songs Competition, and was a semi-finalist in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia (2022). In 2021, he won third prize and a special award at the International Belvedere Competition, which led to an engagement at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

He made his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2022 as Conte Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. He has since appeared in productions including Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Verdi’s La traviata.

Lee has been selected multiple times for the “Concert of Excellence” sponsored by Daniel Barenboim, and has also performed regularly at the Chamber Music Festival of the Hanns Eisler School of Music. His operatic repertoire includes leading roles such as Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), and Néocle (Le siège de Corinthe).

His guest engagements have taken him to prominent venues including the Komische Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Theater Erfurt, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatstheater Stuttgart, as well as festivals such as the Immling Festival and Carinthischer Sommer. He has also performed with orchestras such as the Dresden Philharmonic, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and at Berlin Cathedral.

In addition to his operatic work, Lee is deeply committed to the concert and oratorio repertoire. His performances include Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite messe solennelle, as well as Bach’s St Matthew Passion. As a recital artist, he performs with pianist Songyeon Catarina Kim as the Lied duo Léka, appearing in Korea and across Europe, including at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Eisler Stars, and the Konzerthaus Berlin.

He is also an artist-in-residence with the Seah Lee Woonhyung Foundation. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a permanent ensemble member at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he has appeared in roles such as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Cavaliere Belfiore (Il viaggio a Reims), Conte Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Malcolm (Macbeth), and Pang (Turandot).