Isabel Leonard
Three-time Grammy Award-winning artist Isabel Leonard has established herself as one of the most in-demand performers as a star on the world’s leading stages and screens. The 2023/24 season sees Leonard’s debut with the Bayerische Staatsoper as Angelina in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s production of La cenerentola, and a return to LA Opera to sing the role of Donna Elvira in the Kasper Holton production of Don Giovanni as well as her signature role of Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia. She also returns to Houston Grand Opera for her role debut as Maria in Francesca Zambello’s production of The Sound of Music, and to Washington National Opera to reprise her appearance as the title character in Offenbach’s La Périchole. Concert work includes opening the Dallas Symphony’s season in a special gala performance with Emanuel Ax, an appearance hosting Palm Beach Opera’s season gala, and a live recording of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with Gustavo Gimeno conducting the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Additional concert appearances include Ravel’s Schéhérazade with the New World Symphony and longtime collaborator Stéphane Denève and with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, and an 11-city concert tour with renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. Leonard also appears in recital with Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas at the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, reprising their program of songs in Spanish.
