Mezzo-Soprano Isabel Leonard Sings Classical Works and American Standards in Recital
San Francisco Conservatory of Music (50 Oak Street San Francisco, CA 94102)
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San Francisco Girls Chorus Closing Night Concert: Truth and Beauty
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The San Francisco Girls Chorus, long recognized as one of the world's most respected vocal ensembles -- and winner of Five Grammy Awards -- closes out its 2011-2012 season with Truth and Beauty. Joined by the popular host of the NPR show From the Top, Christopher O'Riley, on piano, the chorus will perform works by Vaughan Williams, Claude Debussy, Eric Whitacre and Stephen Paulus. You'll also be treated to four Joni Mitchell songs arranged for the chorus by Riley, who's known for his groundbreaking transcriptions of music from a diverse range of sources, from Radiohead and Nick Drake all the way to the more buttoned-up classical cannon. Learn More
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James Boyd
What a wonderful Sunday afternoon experience this was!Written on May 19 2008
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She's wonderful. Really on her way to the big time.Written on May 19 2008
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Description
Fresh from a New York Philharmonic debut, young American mezzo Isabel Leonard is on her way to stardom. Avidly watched by the likes of James Levine, Barbara Bonney and Marilyn Horne, she excels in dramatic repertoire from opera and musical theater to the fine art of the song recital.
The program:
NIN: A la Jota, Alma Sintamos, El Amor es como un nino
WOLF: selections from Italienisches Liederbuch
HAHN: Mai, L'heure exquise, Fetes galantes
DE FALLA: Seven Spanish Songs
RACHMANINOFF: How fair this spot, Op. 21, No. 7; In the silence of the secret night; Oh, do not sing to me, fair maiden; These summer nights, Op. 14, No. 5
SCHOENBERG: Cabaret Songs
PORTER: From this Moment On
KERN: Long Ago and Far Away
PORTER: I Concentrate on You
GERSHWIN: Our Love is Here to Stay
BERLIN: How About Me
WILSON: Til There Was You
ROGERS & HART: This Can't be Love
Accompanist: Vlad Iftinca.
<p>American singer Isabel Leonard is already making waves in the classical music world. During the 2006-07 Season, she makes her New York Philharmonic debut in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges, conducted by Lorin Maazel, and reprises her roles in Valencia, Spain, in the newly completed Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. In February 2007, Leonard makes her American professional stage debut as Stephano in Atlanta Opera’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Balancing a professional and academic career, Isabel Leonard is also a member of The Juilliard Opera Center, where she appears in their productions of Orphée aux Enfers and La finta giardiniera. </p>
<p>In Summer 2006, Leonard made her European and professional stage debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the Opera National de Bordeaux and her American orchestral debut in The Three-Cornered Hat with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the 2006 Tanglewood Festival, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. </p>
<p>Last season, she performed with Barbara Bonney in recital at Alice Tully Hall, as presented by The Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. As a Marilyn Horne Foundation Award Recipient at the prestigious Music Academy of the West, the Foundation presented her in solo recital as part of their On Wings of Song series in New York City in December. </p>
<p>A recent graduate of The Juilliard School, Isabel Leonard sang the title role in the Juilliard Opera Theater production of Cavalli’s La calisto and the role of Masha in Wargo’s The Music Shop. In Summer 2005, Ms. Leonard was the soloist in Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler at the Aspen Music Festival. </p>
<p>In previous seasons, she has participated in a masterclass with Maestro James Levine through the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Zankel Hall; with the New York Philharmonic in Bernstein’s Candide under the direction of Lonny Price; the roles of female cat/squirrel in L’Enfant et les Sortileges and covered Marenka in The Bartered Bride. </p>
<p>Isabel Leonard, a recipient of a 2006 Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Award, is a native New Yorker and received both her Bachelors and Masters of Music degrees at the Juilliard School, and studies with Edith Bers. She has also studied with Marilyn Horne, Brian Zeger, Warren Jones, and Margo Garrett. </p>
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