If you're wondering what the DQ In David DQ Lee's name stand for, it's not, as Lee himself jokingly tells friends, Dairy Queen or drama queen, but Dong Qyu, which is Korean for "Star of the East."
If you're still unfamiliar with the name, you're probably not alone. He hasn't been in a Canadian production since 2004, when he sang Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro for Pacific Opera Victoria. His name hasn't figured on the competition circuit since 2007, when he represented Canada at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. And while he has made several CDs, including a 2004 ATMA release of Haydn's Arianna a Naxos with Yannick Nézet-Séguin as collaborative pianist, he remains …