Lee Bisset

Lee was born on the 6th August 1973 daughter of Jack and Jennifer Bisset from Inverbeg.

Lee studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, in Italy and at the Royal Northern College of Music, following her days as a pupil at Lomond School.

Whilst at the RNCM Lee won the Joyce and Michael Kennedy Strauss Prize, the Webster Booth Award and the Dame Eva Turner Award. In 2003/4 she attended the National Opera Studio where she was sponsored by English National Opera.

Lee’s roles have included Tatyana Eugene Onegin for Diva Opera and Clonter Opera, Fiordiligi Cosi' fan tutte for Grange Park Opera and Pimlico Opera, Denise in The Knot Garden for Scottish Opera, Lady Hamilton and Fanny Nelson The Sailor's Tale, Donna Elvira Don Giovanni (Ryedale Festival), Donna Eleonora Prima la musica poi le parole (Israeli Vocal Arts Institute).

Her concert appearances included Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Samson and Messiah, Strauss' Four Last Songs, Mendelssohn's Elijah and Verdi's Requiem. She represented Scotland at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2005. From 2005-2007 she was a member of the Young Singers' Programme at English National Opera, where she sang Karolka Jenufa, First Lady The Magic Flute and Mimi La Boheme. Recent engagements include Micaëla Carmen in London's Royal Albert Hall, Eva in a concert performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the UK Wagner Society, and a recital in St John's, Smiths Square, London.

Performances in 2010 include FIVE:15 for Scottish Opera, Sieglinde DIE WALKÜRE for Longborough Festival Opera and Alice Ford FALSTAFF for Mid Wales Opera. In concert she has sung Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with orchestra and various gala concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and Liverpool Echo Arena.

Lee's performance in Sieglinde Die Walküre for the Longborough Festival Opera, prompted many favourable reviews, including this from The Times' Richard Morrison; "Lee Bisset is a revelation as Sieglinde. Ardent in voice, as strong in her exultant final outburst as in her rapturous Act 1 love scene, she alone seems totally on top of her role’s vocal and dramatic challenges." Whilst The Independent's Nicola Christie, simply stated: “Bisset was a revelation, her mesmerising voice fired by a passion and vitality that were overwhelming.”

Her perfomance as Tatyana in the 2012 production of Eugene Onegin at the Tabacco Factory, Bristol was described by Rian Evans of the Guardian as "Bisset's voice has a rich, velvety sound throughout its range and seems so effortlessly supple."

Lee is currently in demand and has been booked to appear on stages all over the world over the next few years. Lee is the recipient of the Audrey Gunn Award.

Lee names her heroes as Maria Callas, Maggie Gyllenhall and Cate Blanchett, and that, in her spare time, she enjoys reading, walking, drinking coffee and eating cake with friends.