Jarrod Lee

Jarrod Lee, baritone and librettist, hails from Alabama and presently resides in Maryland. Jarrod has performed with Annapolis Opera, CAAPA, IN Series, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Maryland Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Opera Baltimore, Opera Delaware and Washington National Opera. As a librettist, he draws from his performance experience when creating new stories. His collaborations include Oshun and Two Corners with composer B.E. Boykin, Voices of Zion and the art song See your Equal, which placed third in the composition category of the George Shirley Vocal Competition with composer Ronald “Trey” Walton, and collaborations with composer Timothy Amukele called Journey to You and a community opera called Spirit Moves. Jarrod has received commissions from the Alliance for New Music Theater, IN Series, Finger Lakes Opera, and the Washington National Opera. In addition to original stories, Jarrod has worked in translating a deconstruction of Die Zauberflӧte (The Magic Flute) called Black Flute with playwright Sybil Roberts. In concert with writing and performing, Jarrod is the Director of Project Managers with the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) and serves on the board of Baltimore Musicales.