Winner of 4 Grammys still has to run backstage

Winner of 4 Grammys still has to run backstage

Opera

norman lebrecht

January 19, 2024

David Krauss’s latest guest on Speaking Soundly is the American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.

‘If I’m going to open my mouth before an audience of thousands,’ she reflects. ‘I’d better have something to say…. It’s fraught with the tension of having to be perfect all the time.’

Listen here.

Comments

  • Stefano says:

    Loved her in MAESTRO. She was well concealed in the Mahler 2nd sequence. Blink and you’ll miss her. A diamond

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