Tenor Kyuyoung Lee is a Korean-American artist whose voice bridges the worlds of opera, concert music, and choral performance. A member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, he brings to every performance a musicianship shaped by two decades of training and work on international stages.
In April 2026, Lee performs as Tenor Soloist in the LA Master Chorale's production of Mozart's Requiem-one of many highlights in a career that has taken him from Seoul to Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. He has appeared with the Los Angeles Opera, the Martina Arroyo Foundation (New York), and the Aspen Opera Theater Center, and has performed on the stages of the Aspen Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.
His operatic roles span four centuries of repertoire. At the Boston University Opera Institute, he portrayed Alfredo (La Traviata), the Mayor (Albert Herring), and Sheldon (Later the Same Evening). At USC Thornton, he performed Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) and the Father Confessor (Dialogues of the Carmelites). Additional credits include Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) at the Manhattan School of Music, Lucarnio (Ariodante) with Chautauqua Opera, and Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) at the Music Academy of the West.
A laureate of the Metropolitan Opera Competition (Colorado District, 2015) and winner of the Saltwork Opera Competition (2017), Lee also performed as soloist with the Korea Prime Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul before pursuing his graduate studies in the United States.
Lee holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice and Opera Performance from Boston University (studied with Dr. Lynn Eustis), a Master of Music from the USC Thornton School of Music (Professor Elizabeth Hynes), a Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music (Professor Marlena Malas), and a Bachelor of Music from Seoul National University.
Committed to nurturing the next generation of singers, Lee serves on the faculty of Concordia University Irvine, Long Beach City College, Moorpark College, and Rio Hondo College, where he teaches applied voice and musicianship. He also serves as Music Director of the KAMA Children's Choir (Los Angeles), and is a faculty member of the Montecito Music Festival.