Born in South Korea, Haegee Lee trained at Seoul National University and the Conservatoire National de Région Pierre Barbizet, Marseille. She now studies with Isabelle Vernet. Her awards include First Prize in the Concours de Bach, Marseilles, and Second Prize in the first Korean Classical Singers Association International Vocal Competition, Seoul.
Between 2017 and 2019, Haegee Lee was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where she sang the roles of Frasquita/Carmen, Sandman/Hänsel und Gretel, Papagena/Die Zauberflöte and Xenia/Boris Godunov, as well as appearing in the annual Summer Performances as Elvira/L’Italiana in Algeri, Zerbinetta/Ariadne auf Naxos and Gilda/Rigoletto. She also covered roles including Micaëla/La tragédie de Carmen, Marie/La Fille du Régiment, Donna Anna/Don Giovanni and Azema/Semiramide.
Since graduating from the JPYAP, she has sung Frasquita/Carmen and Gilda/Rigoletto for Welsh National Opera and returned to the Royal Opera House for further performances as Papagena/Die Zauberflöte.
Her engagements during 2022 / 2023 additionally include Queen Tye/Akhnaten for English National Opera and Musetta/La bohème for Welsh National Opera.