Soo Bee Lee (May 9, 1934 – August 31, 2005) was a

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

singer from Singapore. She traveled to England in 1955 to study at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...

. She was a gold medallist at the academy and had many roles on stage, notably at Glyndebourne and Sadler's Wells; and on television and radio in England and abroad. She also appeared in Aladdin at The London Coliseum in 1960, and on BBC TV's The Good Old Days.

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1934 births 2005 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music English sopranos Singaporean emigrants to the United Kingdom English people of Singaporean descent 20th-century English singers 20th-century English women singers {{UK-singer-stub