Lynda Lee (rechts op bovenstaande foto) is geboren in Noord-Ierland in 1965. Deze mezzo zong “Smanie implacabili” uit “Cosi”, “Au pays où se fait la guerre” van Duparc en de aria van de componist uit “Ariadne auf Naxos”, kortom een “over-ambitious program” en “cross-over voice” in The Cardiff Singer of the World 1993.
The Irish soprano (and mezzo-soprano), Lynda Lee, studied singing with Veronica Dunne in Dublin. She made her professional début with the Opera Theatre Company in 1992 singing the role of Irene in George Frideric Händel‘s Tamerlano. She went on to perform with all the Irish opera companies and she performs regularly with the RTÉ orchestras in a wide variety of repertoire. In 1997 she was invited to perform the title role in Händel‘s Agrippina at the Händel Festival in Karlsruhe. She was subsequently invited to perform many other Händel roles at the Halle Händel Festival for which she received two awards for “Performance of the Year” from the international opera magazine, Opernwelt.
Lynda Lee spent three years, from 1998 to 2001, on contract with the Oper Leipzig. She performed there the roles of Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Elizabeth (Tannhäuser), First Lady (The Magic Flute) and the title role in Robert Schumann‘s Genoveva. During this time she continued to perform a variety of oratorio and concert repertoire at the Dresden Festival and the Philharmonie in Berlin. In 2001 she returned to Ireland to sing the title role in Erismena (Cavalli) for Opera Theatre Company.
Ronny De Schepper
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