Shaun Lee

Praised for having the “passion and projection that will fill concert halls” (The Straits Times), Shaun Lee is fast becoming one of the leading opera singers in Singapore. He has received rave reviews locally and internationally. He has appeared in leading roles all over the world since he made his New Opera Singapore debut in 2011. Shaun is one of the most versatile singers and has performed a wide repertoire ranging from Britten to Wagner. In 2019, he made his German debut in Berlin in the role of Froh in Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold. In 2017, he made his Italian debut with the Mediteranean Opera Studio and Festival as Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte) and Count Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia). With the Mark Oswald Summer Opera Programme NYC, he has appeared as Tamino (Die Zauberflote) and covered Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni). Also, he has performed in Turandot with the Manhattan Opera Ensemble. In 2016, he appeared as Rodolfo in La Boheme with the East Meets West Opera Programme. In 2015, he also covered the role of the Borsa (Rigoletto) with Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre. With New Opera Singapore, he has appeared in numerous roles including Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Chevalier de la Force (Dialogue of the Carmelites), Mercury (Orpheus in the Underworld), Prologue (Turn of the Screw), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Spirit (Dido & Aeneas). He has also appeared in Concert with Daegu Opera. Upcoming roles include Aegisth (Elektra), Junge Diener (Elektra), Canio (Pagliacci) and Lohengrin (Lohengrin) Shaun is also an active recitalist, performing such works as Dichterliebe (Schumann), Spanish Liebeslieder (Schumann), Die Schone Mullerin (Schubert), Folksong Arrangements (Benjamin Britten), Spanish & Italian Liederbuches (Hugo Wolf) with New Opera Singapore. He has also performed selections from Songs by F.P Tosti and Composizioni da Camera (G. Verdi) with Belle Epoque Singapore. He is also an active performer of Chinese music and has appeared in concert with Huaxia Cultural Hub and Reverberance. Shaun has had the pleasure of working with many orchestras including the Mediterranean Opera Studio Orchestra with Gregory Buchalter, New Opera Singapore Orchestra with Chan Wei Shing, Kids Philharmonic Orchestra with Wong Kah Chun, Orchestra of Music Makers with Chan Tze Law, Byron Knutson and Maria Sensi Sellner with Hubbard Hall Orchestra. Shaun is currently studying with renowned teacher Mark Oswald. He was previously studying under Jeong Ae Ree and Dr Wong Su Sun. He has also been in masterclasses and consultations with Salvatore Fisichella, Neil Shicoff, Christine Goerke, Lise Lindstrom, Jay Hunter Morris, Jack Livigni (Royal Opera House), Darren Woods (Fort Worth Opera), Larry Edelson (Opera Saratoga) and Shin Seon Seop (NobleArt Opera, Korea). He has also worked with various coaches including Gregory Buchalter (Metropolitan Opera), Fabio Cerroni (Bayerische Staatsoper), Felice Venanzoni (Oper Frankfurt), Caroline Dowdle (Royal Opera House Covent Garden) Christopher Vazan (Paris Opera), Sara Chiesa (Opera Saratoga, L’atelier lyrique de L’opera de Montreal) and Jonathan Kelly (Metropolitan Opera). Shaun is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music Masters Programme

Artistic Director in charge of programming and artistic direction of the Company Founded in 2018, Huaxia Cultural Hub (“Huaxia”) brings together some of the best and brightest educators, musicians, performers, administrators and supporters with the aim of creating a more vibrant and exciting Singaporean Arts Scene. In ancient times, according to the Zuo Zhuan (左傳), Hua (華) refers to the beauty and civility of the society while xia (夏) refers to grandeur. This name represents our never-ending commitment to creating a more inclusive, harmonious and culturally rich society through the promotion and nurturing of the local arts and artistes to Singapore and the World. Led by our Founder Mdm Lin Dengli, the team has decades of collective experience in organizing and creating cultural and charity events. Since its formation, the Hub has organized a wide range of community and cultural programmes in Singapore and overseas. These include the 26th & 27th Spring in the City & Happy Chinese New Year, Memoirs of the Lion City Musical Dance Production, Singapore-China Pre-School Education Seminar 2019, New Vision of Chinese Art World Tour Exhibition (Singapore) 2019 and the 13th National Integration Mid-Autumn Festival 2020. In addition to organizing cultural events, Huaxia has been instrumental in promoting Singapore Culture and Heritage locally and to the world. Huaxia and its partners have organized many educational exchange activities bringing chinese students on study trips to Singapore. Furthermore, from 2020 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, Huaxia has partnered with Golden Travel to bring Singaporean Culture to local schools through interactive Virtual Tours and Heritage Walks. Huaxia Cultural Hub Ltd is a registered Charity under the Charities Act.