Isabel Leonard
Isabel Leonard (born February 18, 1982)[1] is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer based in New York City. She is of Argentine ancestry on her mother's side.[2]
Education
Leonard was born in New York City. For five years she sang with the
Career
In New York, Leonard has performed with the
In 2023, Leonard appeared in the movie Maestro singing with Rosa Feola in the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection", in a reproduction of the famed 1973 performance led by Leonard Bernstein in Ely Cathedral.[13][14]
Awards
Leonard won two
Personal life
Her grandfather Carlos Guimard (1913–1998) was an Argentine chess grandmaster.[15] Leonard married baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes in December 2008; they divorced around 2013.[16] Leonard raises their son, Teo, born 17 May 2010.[3]
Repertory
- Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette, 2007 (Met debut)[17]
- Rosina in The Barber of Seville
- Angelina (Cinderella) in La Cenerentola
- Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro
- Sextus in Giulio Cesare, 2011
- Miranda in The Tempest
- Dorabella in Così fan tutte
- Zerlina in Don Giovanni
- Charlotte in Werther
- Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni" 2017 (Avec le Cercle d'Harmonie, Director Jeremie Rhonen Festival d'art lyrique D'Aix en Provence France July 2017)
- Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites[18]
- Marnie in Marnie[19]
- Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande[20]
- Songbird in Songbird (adapted from La Périchole)[21]
References
- ^ Hall, Trish (January 26, 1989). "Child Care, as Seen by Children". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
- ^ a b Driscoll, F. Paul (March 2008). "Sound Bites: Isabel Leonard". Opera News. 72 (9). Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ a b Shattuck, Kathryn (November 12, 2010). "It's Not Over Till the Svelte Mama Sings". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ Eichler, Jeremy (November 15, 2005). "A Mozart Clan: Nice Sounds Veiled by One Celestial Note". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
- ^ Holland, Bernard (November 18, 2006). "A U.P.S. Man Joins Offenbach's Gods and Goddesses". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (October 7, 2006). "Childhood Fantasies, Without All the Cutesy". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
- ^ Midgette, Anne (September 27, 2007). "The Lovers of Verona, Swaggering and Soaring". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (August 4, 2008). "From Handel, Faithlessness and Devotion". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
- ^ Opera Today review of Euroarts DVD of Così fan tutte
- ^ Brookes, Stephen (March 25, 2015). "Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard shines with guitarist Sharon Isbin". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ Schweitzer, Vivien (November 13, 2015). "Isabel Leonard and Sharon Isbin in a Duet of Voice and Guitar". The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ Woolfe, Zachary (November 22, 2017). "Review: Nico Muhly's Marnie Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century". The New York Times.
- ^ Woolfe, Zachary (December 22, 2023). "'Maestro' Won't Let Leonard Bernstein Fail". New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ Doyle Moor, Emily (November 20, 2023). "Maestro musings". Sante Fe Opera. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ @isabelleonardny (October 12, 2020). "Post by Isabel Leonard about her ancestral village of Santiago Del Estero, Argentina and her chess-champion grandfather". Retrieved October 17, 2020 – via Instagram.
- ^ Tischler, Gary (April 19, 2018). "Isabel Leonard WNOs Rosina". Georgetowner. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ "Isabel Leonard".
- ^ Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Dialogues des Carmélites to conclude his first season as Met Music Director. April 19th, 2019
- ^ Cunning Little Vixen
- ^ Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a rare revival of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, opening January 15. December 14th, 2018
- ^ [1]
External links
- Official website
- "Movado Future Legends Honors Five Emerging Artists", Jazz News
- Cherubino: "Non so più" on YouTube, from The Marriage of Figaro, Metropolitan Opera, 2014