Korean Soprano Song Hee Lee is an Artist Diploma candidate at The Juilliard School, studying under Darrell Babidge. In the summer of 2025, she will make her debuts at Lincoln Center and Tanglewood in Matthew Aucoin’s Music for New Bodies directed by Peter Sellars. In the 2025/26 season, she will debut with Les Arts Florissants in concerts led by William Christie in Paris, Versailles, and Madrid. Additional concert engagements include her debut with the Cecilia Chorus of New York in Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall and with the American Classical Orchestra in Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate. On the operatic stage, she will debut with North Carolina Opera in Cendrillon (La Fée). Future seasons include her debut with il Pomo d’Oro on a North American tour with Joyce DiDonato.
Last season, Song Hee starred as Cleopatra in R.B. Schlather’s new production of Giulio Cesare at Hudson Hall, performed with early music ensemble Ruckus. She also appeared with Juilliard415 in a program of Handel and Rameau arias conducted by William Christie, with The Juilliard Orchestra in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges (La Princesse) led by Louis Langrée, and with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra in scenes from Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie). As a second-year Master’s student at Juilliard, Song Hee appeared as Aldimira in Cavalli’s L’Erismena and Valentina in John Musto’s Later the Same Evening, both conducted by Joseph Colaneri with Juilliard Opera. She also performed with Juilliard415 in Purcell’s King Arthur. She has worked with esteemed conductors including Lionel Meunier, Richard Egarr, Nicholas McGegan, Daniela Candillari, and William Christie across multiple seasons.