“…there was a winsome guest artist, Isabel Leonard, whose acting gifts matched her lusciously light-voiced mezzo as she sang Falla’s Seven Popular Songs to stunning effect.” Donna Perlmutter, The Huffington Post, August 2010 “Isabel Leonard was his soloist on that occasion, and it was she who sang the “Seven Popular Songs” Thursday. A young mezzo-soprano […]

“One would have to love Isabel Leonard, for the nuanced and soaring quality of her Mezzo voice.” Jürgen Otten, Frankfurter Rundschau , August 2009

“The production, at Bass Performance Hall, was planned around the young mezzo Isabel Leonard. Called Angelina in Rossini’s version, Leonard is the Cinderella of dreams, as fetching a poor stepsister as she is a fairy tale princess. She can string out the most delicate high pianissimo and then let loose vocal fireworks to take your […]

“Isabel Leonard inhabited the role of the impudent, innocent Zerlina as thoroughly as Mr. Schrott did the Don, and the chemistry between them was sizzling. Her singing was fresh, effervescent and lovely.” The New York Times, James Oestreich, September 2008

“Leonard was an audience favorite on Saturday: Her Cherubino is adorable – terrified, wanting, curious, yet delightfully funny; she displayed the surest sense of comic timing.” Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 30, 2008