Tenor Calvin Ellis Lee who recently made his debut in Paris at the Opera Comique and at Theatre Caen in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess has performed worldwide in numerous productions of the opera. Notably, he toured with Houston Grand Opera's international production that performed in such notable opera houses as La Scala,  Paris National Opera Bastille and Japan's Bunkamura Theater in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya with the Japanese Philharmonic. Recently, Mr. Lee recorded Porgy and Bess for Decca Records with the Nashville Symphony conducted by Maestro John Mauceri.

 In recent seasons, Mr. Lee performed with Tulsa Opera, The Atlanta Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Memphis, Orlando Opera, and Connecticut Opera in roles such as Pang in Turandot, Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte, Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors featuring soprano Kallen Esperian, Mingo, Peter, and Robbins in Porgy and Bess, the Four Servants in Les Contes D'Hoffmann, and Dritte Jude in Salome featuring internationally acclaimed performers such as soprano Marquita Lister, tenor Gary Lakes, baritone Greer Grimsley, and conductors Maestro Frantz Vote and Maestro Willie Anthony Waters. 

Other roles performed by Mr. Lee include The Sailor in Dido and Aeneas, The Circus Manager in The Bartered Bride, Victor in Los Bohemios, Joe in Blue Monday, Von Asterburg in The Student Prince, Cascada in The Merry Widow and Littore in L'Incoronazione di Poppea.

In concert Mr. Lee has been heard in Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Requiem and Vesperae Solennes, Schubert's Mass in G, Stravinsky's Pulcinella, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. He also was co-developer of a one-man show that he performed for FBN Opera for Kids called Characters Through Song, which introduced children to opera.