As the Music Academy of the West launches into the eight-week pageantry of its 75th anniversary season, the milestone naturally inspires reflections on the root system of this progressive operation.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos. Songbird is a new adaptation ...

Emily Trigle as Tisbe, Alissa Goretsky as Clorinda and Isabel Leonard as Angelina/Cinderella in HGO's Cinderella. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane In the world of opera (as in any art), each composer has a ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Celebrated mezzo soprano Isabel ...

NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Richard Tucker award — often called the “Heisman Trophy of opera” — goes to mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. The 2013 prize marks the centennial of the birth of the great ...

Season 16 features Metropolitan Opera stars Angel Blue, Isabel Leonard, Lise Davidsen, René Pape, Matthew Polenzani, Sonya Yoncheva, Elīna Garanča, Eric Owens, Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, Piotr ...

Isabel Leonard will make her role debut in the title part of Carmen at Houston Grand Opera, kicking off its 2020–2021 season. The slate of offerings also includes a world premiere, Breaking the Waves, ...

Living the dream, at the top of her art, three-time Grammy-winner Argentine-American Mezzo Soprano Isabel Leonard arrives to dazzle Los Angeles audiences on opening night September 23rd, as the ...

When the dog bites, when the bee stings or when your country is being invaded by Nazis, it is hard not to think about Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “The Sound of Music,” which is already ...

Highly acclaimed for her “passionate intensity and remarkable vocal beauty,” the Grammy Award winning Isabel Leonard continues to thrill audiences both in the opera house and on the concert stage. In ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Rossini's "Cinderella" from Houston Grand Opera is playing at the Wortham Theater Center now through Nov. 9. The show run is highlighted by HGO's first-ever "HGO Family Day" ...