The bass singer Don Lee was born in South Korea. He studied singing in Seoul and Stuttgart. He sang at several opera houses in Germany for example Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Frankfurt Opera, Staatstheater Meiningen, Theater Trier, Anhaltisches Theater Dessau and Theater Ulm. Since September 2025 he ist part of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe.