Jason Scott Lee American men in Hollywood. Lee played Eddie in the 2007 sports comedy film "Balls of Fury", in his first theatrical release film since 2002. Lee performed as The King of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" in a production at the London Palladium in 2000 opposite Elaine Paige. Lee made his operatic debut in the non-singing role of Pasha Selim in Hawaii Opera Theatre's production of Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu in February 2009. Lee was also to perform as The King of Siam in the 2014 Opera
Il corsaro Il corsaro Il corsaro ("The Corsair") is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Lord Byron's poem "The Corsair". The first performance was given at the Teatro Grande in Trieste on 25 October 1848. The composer expressed interest in Byron's poem "The Corsair" (along with "The Two Foscari" and others) as early as 1844 when he was planning an opera for Venice, but a suitable baritone was not available. In 1845, (before it was determined that "I masnadieri" was to be the opera presented in London), the composer had contracted