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Katherine Lerner Lee
2021 Vocal Institute Fellow
KATHERINE LERNER LEE ('20) 25, born in Brooklyn, New York, earned bachelor’s degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory in both French and voice. Operatic credits include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Flora in The Turn of the Screw, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and Clori in L’egisto. Katherine took third place in the 2019 Opera Guild of Dayton Competition and teaches voice at Virtu Academy.