Father Owen Lee
in memoriam
Father Owen Lee, a Professor of Classics and a Basilian priest, who passed away in 2019 – just shy of his 90th birthday – continues to be admired by millions around the world for his brilliant intermission commentaries on Opera in radio broadcasts for the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
He is also revered for his many decades of knowledgeable and witty appearances on the Texaco Opera Quiz broadcasts.
Among his many books, he is the author of “WAGNER : the terrible man and his truthful art” and “WAGNER’S RING : turning the sky round”.