Lee Bisset has established a reputation for the passion and commitment of her stage presence coupled with vocal versatility and stamina.

Recent engagements have included Isolde Tristan und Isolde at the Konzert Theater, Bern, Switzerland and Liza The Queen of Spades, at the Royal Opera House. She sang Brünnhilde Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung for Longborough Festival Opera, and returns this season to sing three full cycles.

Born and brought up on the banks of Loch Lomond, in Scotland, Lee studied at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, the Royal Northern College of Music, and for a number of years in Rimini, Italy. She completed her studies the National Opera Studio, sponsored by English National Opera, where she subsequently became a member of their young artist programme.

UK operatic engagements include Mimì La bohème for English National Opera, contemporary piece Five:15 and Jenůfa for Scottish Opera, the title roles in Kat’a Kabanova, Tosca, and Tristan und Isolde for Longborough Festival Opera, Leonore Fidelio, Lady Macbeth Macbeth, and Chimène Le Cid for Dorset Festival Opera, and Aufseherin Elektra for the Royal Opera House. She sang Freia Das Rheingold, Dritte Norn Götterdämmerung and Sieglinde Die Walküre in the celebrated Opera North Ring.

In the US she has sung Tosca for Opera Memphis, and both Tosca and Minnie La Fanciulla del West for Opera Omaha. In South America she sang Sieglinde Die Walküre for the Theatro Municipal, São Paulo and Senta Der fliegende Holländer for the Opera de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.

Concert performances have seen a return to São Paulo for Wagner concerts, New Years’ Eve operetta galas with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia in Madrid and Seville, Mahler’s 8th Symphony at the Leeds International Concert Season, Sibelius songs with the Orchestra of Opera North and performances and recording of A Symphony of Trees by Piet Swerts, with the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen. This season she returns to Scotland to sing in Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. A committed recitalist, recent performances have seen the premiere of the song cycle Waiting for Night by Scott Wheeler.

Lee is passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of singers. She teaches privately, gives masterclasses internationally, and sits on competition juries.