Isabel Leonard News

Palm Beach Opera welcomes James Barbato as its new General Director. Barbato, an OPERA America Leadership

Join the four-time GRAMMY-nominated Clarion Choir and The Clarion Orchestra for a one-time performance of Bach's monumental MASS IN B MINOR at the Park Avenue Christian Church. Learn how to purchase tickets.

On April 26, 2024, Houston Grand Opera will open classic, family-friendly musical The Sound of Music, with the company’s own chorus director, Richard Bado, at the podium. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) has named conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) as the institution's Distinguished Professor of Music. To celebrate MTT’s artistic achievements in the year of his 80th birthday, SFCM's allied record label PENTATONE will release a box set collection of 18 MTT compositions in the fall of 2024. 

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, featuring a spectacular, new, season-opening production of Il trovatore; the return of charming, family-friendly Cinderella, classic tragedy La bohème, and blockbuster musical West Side Story; Houstonians’ first-ever chance to see award-winning opera Breaking the Waves; and a lushly beautiful new production of Tannhäuser.

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, which includes a concert presentation of the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story, led by Broadway's Shereen Pimentel and tenor Brenton Ryan.

The New York Philharmonic has revealed its 2024–25 season. Learn more about the season!

There’s an awful lot of death in opera, Timothy O’Leary, the general director of Washington National Opera, lamented on a recent opening night. And those plentiful tragedies are also often further burdened with overbearing scores, turgid storylines, super-large casts and strident if not shrill performances. 

Check out the new video of Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos.

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 of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole. 

54 Below will present Ben Jones in Let Me Be Frank on March 10, 2024. After a sold-out performance at the Birdland Jazz Club in December, Ben Jones brings this special encore performance to 54 Below.

The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the 2024–25 season lineup. Learn about the operas being presented and see how to purchase tickets.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced the 2024 Hollywood Bowl summer season with performances at the world-renowned amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills from June to September 2024. Learn more about the lineup here!

Ramin Karimloo will make his operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird this March. Songbird is a new adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole.

PEAK Performances at Montclair State University is producing two opera-in-concert performances of Blind Injustice, composed by Montclair State University College of the Arts faculty member Scott Davenport Richards (A Star Across the Ocean, Charlie Crosses the Nation) with a libretto by David Cote (Three Way, The Scarlet Ibis).

On December 4, vocalist Ben Jones performed a thrilling celebration of Frank Sinatra in Let Me Be Frank at Birdland in NYC. Check out photos!

Birdland presents James Barbour, acclaimed Broadway leading man, with the return of his annual Holiday Concert. Learn how to purchase tickets!

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents the return of Fred Barton and his Broadway Band, in 'MIRACLE ON 54TH STREET,' a new evening of songs from the Golden Age of Broadway, Hollywood, and Swing, including full-band seasonal swing favorites.

AWAKE IN THE DARK: A CONCERT THEATRE WORK, a new play from Shira Nayman and Ben Moore, adapted from Nayman's collection of short stories, begins an exclusive two show run on December 14 in Downtown Brooklyn.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present award-winning vocalist Ben Jones and pianist, composer, music director Ron Abel celebrating Frank Sinatra in “Let Me Be Frank” on Monday, December 4 at 7:00 PM.