Podcast appearances and mentions of Isabel Leonard

Hosted by Rob Leonard and Tim Leonard "From the Pressbox" airs every Monday from 9am -10am on 90.3 FM WHPC Garden City, New York.  Streaming at www.nccradio.org.  This week Rob and Tim talk about the injuries that the Mets and the Yankees have even before the season has started. We talk to opera singer and "cousin" Isabel Leonard about her singing the natioal anthem at the NHL 4 Nations Face Off.

In this episode, we discuss recordings of “Strana Armonia d'Amore” (Harmonia Mundi) by Les Cris de Paris / Geoffroy Jourdain, “Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de La Fée (divertimento)” (Harmonia Mundi) by Isabel Leonard, Paul Appleby & The Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Gustavo Gimeno, “Folios of Light” (Azure Sky) by Stanford Cheung, “Factory Fresh” (SteepleChase) by Anthony Ferrara, “Rêverie” (TCB Records) by Samuel Blaser, Tilman Günther, Peter Bockius & Lucien Bovet, and “Looking Back” (Savant) by Richard Baratta.   The Adult Music Podcast is featured in: Feedspot's 100 Best Jazz Podcasts   Episode 203 Deezer Playlist   Fair use disclaimer: Music sample clips are for commentary and educational purposes. We recommend that listeners listen to the complete recordings, all of which are available on streaming services in the links provided. We also suggest that if you enjoy the music, you consider purchasing the CDs or high-quality downloads to support the artists.   “Strana Armonia d'Amore” (Harmonia Mundi) Les Cris de Paris / Geoffroy Jourdain https://open.spotify.com/album/2fLGrLcltEJ0i3LbQoD6l0 https://music.apple.com/us/album/strana-armonia-damore/1781039027 https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DNR7RH18   “Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de La Fée (divertimento)” (Harmonia Mundi) Isabel Leonard, Paul Appleby, Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Gustavo Gimeno https://open.spotify.com/album/6McSFpibFg5lsfuIJjIguh https://music.apple.com/us/album/stravinsky-pulcinella-le-baiser-de-la-fée-divertimento/1779332546 https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DMTN4FLC   “Folios of Light” (Azure Sky) Stanford Cheung https://open.spotify.com/album/1QahXtx1tlS7u93nHamC13 https://music.apple.com/us/album/folios-of-light-music-by-contemporary-japanese-composers/1791099739 https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DT9TKP5J   “Factory Fresh” (SteepleChase) Anthony Ferrara https://open.spotify.com/album/3y3b0nOsJD6YSaxU805ih6 No Apple Music https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DT282VNG   “Rêverie” (TCB Records) Samuel Blaser, Tilman Günther, Peter Bockius, Lucien Bovet https://open.spotify.com/album/3ehhaffCsraOggyvx0aO7c https://music.apple.com/us/album/rêverie/1786712854 https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DR3KYSM6   “Looking Back” (Savant)  Richard Baratta https://open.spotify.com/album/0a84xLdOtvPckpZmezk8TY https://music.apple.com/us/album/looking-back/1786261359 https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DQWLXQ4L

Ben Jones is an award-winning singer, comedian, storyteller and actor who has appeared in front of audiences worldwide. He's shared the spotlight with the likes of Rita Moreno, Michael Tilson Thomas, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, Helmuth Rilling, Michael Morgan, Val Diamond and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Ben's versatile voice has been featured on recordings on the Albany, Naxos and Delos labels, on A Prairie Home Companion, on the soundtracks for the best-selling video game franchises Halo and Civilization, and on commercials for Coors Light and Meow Mix. Ben made his Carnegie Hall debut virtually in 2021, performing a selection from Greg Pliska and Charles Moorey's new Musical A Most Dangerous Man in Carnegie Hall's Voices of Hope festival. He was most recently seen in Off-Broadway productions of Twist of Fate and Brooklyn's Bridge at The York Theatre. Ben received the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Performance in a Musical for his portrayal of Sid Sorokin in The Pajama Game. Two of his solo shows–I Think I'm in Love and I Think We Should See Other People–were featured in BroadwayWorld's Best of 2022.

The DNC wreaks havoc on Chicago, and the OBS is not immune! Enjoy these spectacular 'Free Throws' from the OBS archives, with the likes of Isabel Leonard, Lise Davidsen, Julien Prégardien, Enrique Mazzola, Rolando Villazón, and Jonathan Cohen. We're back with an all-new episode next week... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

We kick off Women's History Month with a replay of three our of favorite interviews with female artists... [@ 2 min] Francesca Zambello shares her philosophy on how to make an opera company an attractive place to work... [@ 27 min] Kathryn Lewek talks about singing the Queen of the Night... [@ 69 min] Isabel Leonard takes the OBS's first ever 'Free Throw'... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Elina Garanca—2004 | Vivica Genaux—1997 | Marilyn Horne—1983 | Vesselina Kasarova—1998 | Jennifer Larmore—2000 | Isabel Leonard—2019 | José Maria LoMonaco—2015 | Christa Ludwig—1959

Three-time GRAMMY Award-winning American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard describes how she navigates the occasional chaos of backstage as she prepares to sing in the world's greatest opera houses. She enjoys the challenge of finding emotional inroads to the operatic roles she's portrayed, even if it's a love-stricken teenage boy.Check out Isabel Leonard on Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, Apple Music, or the web.Follow Speaking Soundly on Instagram.Follow David on Instagram.You can find out more about Artful Narratives Media on Instagram and the web.Photograph of Isabel Leonard by Sergio Kurhajec.The Speaking Soundly theme song is composed by Joseph Saba/Stewart Winter and used by permission of Videohelper.Speaking Soundly was co-created by David Krauss and Jessica Handelman. This interview originally aired on September 26, 2022. It has been edited and condensed to fit the time format.Episode copyright © 2022 Artful Narratives Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In season 2, episode 10, I interviewed Composer, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate about his upcoming and unprecedented opera, “Shell Shaker, a Chickasaw Opera”, the first opera ever written in the Chickasaw language. And now I'd like to introduce you to 2 award-winning Native opera singers who you'll find performing in that upcoming opera, February of 2023 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA • Dr. Kirsten C. Kunkle (Muskogee) is a Spinto Soprano, Composer, and Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Wilmington Concert Opera. Listen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lfDoSR6Jkg • Kate Raquel Morton (Cherokee) recently graduated from Oklahoma City University and is a Lyric Mezzo-Soprano. Listen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjCNN-3UuaQ As someone who used to sing opera myself, I suggested we 3 share our favorite opera picks for someone who's just getting their feet wet in the genre (search on YouTube for the following): Kirsten's Picks: • Opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti • Opera: La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini • Opera: Carmen by Georges Bizet Kate's Picks: • Opera: Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Isabel Leonard as Cherubino • Opera Singer: Jessye Norman Rachael's Picks: • Aria (song): Nessun dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, sung by Luciano Pavarotti • Opera Singer: Beverly Sills In this episode, you'll hear about: • Intermountain Opera Bozeman: https://www.intermountainopera.org/ • Kate's foil fencing, Cherokee language speaking, guitar playing, the fact that she's an “Okie from Muskogee” and the one thing she cannot do • Kirsten and Kate's own Muskogee and Cherokee family histories • Baby Diva (a force to be reconned with) • Yellowstone's 150 year anniversary in which Kate sang and Kirsten wrote and performed a piece called “Reclaim the Land”. To learn more, check out: • Kirsten: https://www.wilmingtonconcertopera.com/ • Kate: https://www.kateraquelmorton.com • Jerod: https://www.facebook.com/jerodtate Yakoke, y'all! Native ChocTalk Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nativechoctalkpodcast All Podcast Episodes: https://nativechoctalk.com/podcasts/

Three-time Grammy Award-winning American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard describes how she navigates the occasional chaos of backstage as she prepares to sing in the world's greatest opera houses. She enjoys the challenge of finding emotional inroads to the operatic roles she's portrayed, even if it's a love-stricken teenage boy.Check out Isabel Leonard on Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music, or the web.Follow Speaking Soundly on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.Follow David on Instagram.You can find out more about Artful Narratives Media on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or the web.The Speaking Soundly theme song is composed by Joseph Saba/Stewart Winter and used by permission of Videohelper.Speaking Soundly was co-created by David Krauss and Jessica Handelman. This interview has been edited and condensed to fit the time format.Episode copyright © 2022 Artful Narratives Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[@ 5 min] It's the Season 7 finale of the OBS, with another double-play from Oliver's trip to Santa Fe Opera. He goes ‘Inside the Huddle' with Ryan Speedo Green to talk about the bass-baritone's debut at the festival on the heels of recovering from Covid… [@ 46 min] And Oliver also gets mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard to take a few ‘Free Throws' in our brand-new, short-form segment… [@ 58 min] And then… The OBS team hit the ups and downs of Season 7… [@ 1 h 6 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill'… “Live performance is back, but audiences have been slow to return”, says the New York Times. We crunch the numbers… We're off next week as we celebrate Labor Day, but we're back on September 15 for the home opener of Season 8… Join us! SHOW NOTES Isabel Leonard in Claus Guth's take on 'Cosí fan tutte' from the 2009 Salzburg Festival... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSe7t6UkYwE operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 7 min] It's a double-play from Oliver's trip to Santa Fe… First up, soprano Alexandra LoBianco goes ‘Inside the Huddle' to talk about what you should do while waiting for your dramatic voice to ripen, and all the good vibrations we feel when we sing… [@ 38 min] And then, it's our new segment: ‘Free Throw'… (It's so new, Norm is still practicing how to announce it.) Composer Huang Ruo fires back at critics who say his new opera “M. Butterfly” doesn't sound Chinese enough… [@ 43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill'… Plácido Domingo breaks his silence on the yoga sex cult scandal, saying he is "very sad and feels used"… We're back with an all-new show next week, when Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle' with Isabel Leonard and Ryan Speedo Green… Join us! operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Is there a more provocative or iconic character in all of opera than Carmen? This free-spirited, defiant factory worker reigns supreme as the original difficult woman––in the best possible way. Host Jane Trembley chats with Isabel Leonard as she gets set to play the titular diva in Bizet's Carmen to open Santa Fe Opera's 2022 season. The mezzo-soprano discusses her physical and emotional preparations for the role, how her Argentine-American heritage has informed her musical intuition, and her love for challenging the misconceptions that surround this charismatic, complicated heroine.  Isabel is no stranger to Carmen's illustrious (or is it infamous?) appeal nor the long line of talents that have taken on this unjustly-labeled femme fatale. “Even if the concept is a good one, it can be a challenge to break out of it simply because humans are adverse to change in some ways,” says the three-time Grammy Award-winning performer. Concepts don't come any better than Carmen. When viewed through our modern lens, this character created in the 19th century is afforded more empathy for having to endure the limitations imposed on her. “The psychology behind her and what fascinates me in her character has everything to do with not only who she is in her time period, as a woman, but who everybody seems to think she is and how that affects their perception of the piece when they watch it, regardless of how you play it.” For her interpretation of Carmen, Isabel has reacquainted herself with the castanets, literally tapping into her Argentinian heritage and, even further back, to southern Spain. “I can only imagine the ghosts of Isabels past,” she laughs. “If I were not to fully embrace the character of Carmen, it would be somewhat sacrilegious.” FEATURING Isabel Leonard - Mezzo-Soprano Website Instagram YouTube CREDITS Destination Santa Fe Opera is a Santa Fe Opera podcast, produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios. Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Hosted by: Jane Trembley Show Notes by: Lisa Widder *** Learn more about the Santa Fe Opera and plan your visit at http://www.santafeopera.org. We'd love for you to join us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok @santafeopera.

World-renowned guitarist Sharon Isbin takes us on a personal tour of her two latest albums: Affinity and Strings for Peace. Affinity is loaded with works written for Isbin, including the title track – a new guitar concerto by Chris Brubeck which contains a musical nod to his late father, legendary jazz musician Dave Brubeck (whose centenary is in 2020). Also on that disc: works that span the global palette from Tan Dun, Leo Brouwer, Antonio Lauro, and Richard Danielpour (whose song settings of Rumi poems also feature the wonderful mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard). Sharon also introduces us to Strings for Peace, her collaboration with Sarod master Amjad Ali Khan that presents four Ragas masterfully arranged for Sharon with sarods and tabla, thus drawing compelling connections between Western and Indian classical music. Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharonIsbin Twitter: https://twitter.com/SharonIsbin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SharonIsbin Photo credit: J. Henry Fair

GRAMMY Award-winning guitar star Sharon Isbin joins us to talk about her new album, a collaboration with GRAMMY Award-winning opera star Isabel Leonard called Alma Española, which is the first of its kind in 40 years: an all-Spanish recording for voice and guitar.

Recognized by Opera News as “one of the finest singers of his generation,” American bass-baritone Ryan McKinny has earned his reputation as an artist with something to say. His relentless curiosity informs riveting character portrayals and beautifully crafted performances, reminding audiences of their shared humanity with characters on stage and screen. This season, McKinny brings his agile stage presence and comedic skill to performances of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro on both U.S. coasts. He first appears as the titular Figaro in a Richard Eyre production at New York City's Metropolitan Opera, with an all-star cast that includes Golda Schultz, Lucy Crowe, Isabel Leonard, and Adam Plachetka. He then makes his Seattle Opera debut reprising the role in a Peter Kazaras production, under the baton of Alevtina Ioffe. In between productions – and coasts – McKinny joins collaborative pianist Kathleen Kelly for a recital at the Lied Center of Kansas, featuring works by Schumann, Debussy, Mahler, and Kurt Weill. In summer 2022, he joins the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood as the title character in Don Giovanni, with Andris Nelsons on the podium. He concludes the season with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, appearing as soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Offstage, McKinny continues to adapt the beauty of his art form to the film screen, collaborating on a documentary with Jamie Barton and Stephanie Blythe. Through his work with Helio Arts, he commissions artists to write, direct, and film original stories, leveraging his personal power to help elevate new voices and visions in the classical performing arts world. During the pandemic, he has partnered with artists like J'Nai Bridges, Russell Thomas, John Holiday, and Julia Bullock to create stunning and innovative performances for streaming audiences at Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, On Site Opera, and the Glimmerglass Festival. McKinny's recent debut as Joseph De Rocher in Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's Dead Man Walking at Lyric Opera of Chicago was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as an “an indelible performance...an acting tour de force buttressed by a warmly inviting voice.” He has also appeared as the title character in Don Giovanni (Washington National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera), Escamillo in Carmen (Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Houston Grand Opera), and Mozart's Figaro (Washington National Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Houston Grand Opera). McKinny made a critically acclaimed Bayreuth Festival debut as Amfortas in Parsifal, a role he has performed around the world, including appearances at Argentina's Teatro Cólon, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and Dutch National Opera. Other Wagnerian roles include Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Houston Grand Opera, Canadian Opera Company), Biterolf in Tannhäuser and Kothner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, both at the Metropolitan Opera, Wotan in Opéra de Montréal's Das Rheingold, Donner/Gunther in Wagner's Ring cycle (Washington National Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera), and the titular Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer (Staatsoper Hamburg, Milwaukee Symphony, Glimmerglass Festival, Hawaii Opera Theater). McKinny is a frequent guest artist at Los Angeles Opera, where he has sung Count Alamaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Stanley Kowalski in Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Renée Fleming as Blanche DuBois, and at Santa Fe Opera, where he has appeared as Jochanaan in Salome and Oppenheimer in Doctor Atomic. An alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Mr. McKinny has made a number of important role debuts on the HGO mainstage, including the iconic title roles of Don Giovanni and Rigoletto. McKinny is a long-time artistic collaborator of composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars, having appeared in Sellars productions of Adams' Girls of the Golden West (San Francisco Opera, Dutch National Opera) and Doctor Atomic (Santa Fe Opera), in addition to Adams' Nixon in China with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has also performed under Sellars' direction in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex (Sydney Festival), Tristan und Isolde (Canadian Opera Company), and Shostakovich's Orango with the London Philharmonia and Los Angeles Philharmonic, the latter comprising Esa-Pekka Salonen's final concerts as music director. Other recent orchestral engagements include Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and a double bill of Michael Tilson Thomas' Rilke Songs and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with San Francisco Symphony, Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and Bernstein's Mass with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Cleveland Orchestra and National Symphony, Rossini's Stabat Mater at Grant Park Music Festival, Britten's War Requiem with Marin Alsop and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Oedipus Rex with Chicago Symphony. McKinny benefited from early educational opportunities at the Aspen Music Festival, where he sang his first performance of Winterreise accompanied on the piano by Richard Bado, and at the Wolf Trap Opera Company, where he sang Barone di Kelbar in Verdi's Un giorno di regno, Le Gouverneur in Rossini's Le comte Ory and Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro. McKinny made his Carnegie Hall debut in Handel's Messiah with the Musica Sacra Orchestra while still a student at the Juilliard School. The first recipient of Operalia's Birgit Nilsson Prize for singing Wagner, McKinny has also received the prestigious George London-Kirsten Flagstad Award, presented by the George London Foundation to a singer undertaking a significant Wagnerian career. McKinny represented the United States in the 2007 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, where he was a finalist in the Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize, and he was a Grand Finalist in the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, captured in the film The Audition.

Join us as we head to Manhattan, NY to talk with the stunningly talented Isabel Leonard about life, singing, motherhood, and a couple of Grammy's. https://isabelleonard.com/

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World-renowned guitarist Sharon Isbin takes us on a personal tour of her two latest albums: Affinity and Strings for Peace. Affinity is loaded with works written for Isbin, including the title track – a new guitar concerto by Chris Brubeck which contains a musical nod to his late father, legendary jazz musician Dave Brubeck (whose centenary is in 2020). Also on that disc: works that span the global palette from Tan Dun, Leo Brouwer, Antonio Lauro, and Richard Danielpour (whose song settings of Rumi poems also feature the wonderful mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard). Sharon also introduces us to Strings for Peace, her collaboration with Sarod master Amjad Ali Khan that presents four Ragas masterfully arranged for Sharon with sarods and tabla, thus drawing compelling connections between Western and Indian classical music. Social Media Links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharonIsbinTwitter: https://twitter.com/SharonIsbinYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SharonIsbin Photo credit: J. Henry Fair

World-renowned guitarist Sharon Isbin takes us on a personal tour of her two latest albums: Affinity and Strings for Peace. Affinity is loaded with works written for Isbin, including the title track – a new guitar concerto by Chris Brubeck which contains a musical nod to his late father, legendary jazz musician Dave Brubeck (whose centenary is in 2020). Also on that disc: works that span the global palette from Tan Dun, Leo Brouwer, Antonio Lauro, and Richard Danielpour (whose song settings of Rumi poems also feature the wonderful mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard). Sharon also introduces us to Strings for Peace, her collaboration with Sarod master Amjad Ali Khan that presents four Ragas masterfully arranged for Sharon with sarods and tabla, thus drawing compelling connections between Western and Indian classical music. Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharonIsbin Twitter: https://twitter.com/SharonIsbin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SharonIsbin Photo credit: J. Henry Fair

Ep. 110: Sharon Isbin, guitarist. Grammy Award winner & founder of the Juilliard Guitar Dept. Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan. Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, multiple Grammy Award winner Sharon Isbin was named the 2020 Musical America Worldwide Instrumentalist of the Year, the first guitarist ever to receive the coveted honor in its 59 year award history. Soloist with over 200 orchestras, Isbin has performed in the world’s finest halls. Winner of the Toronto, Madrid and Munich ARD Competitions, Germany’s Echo Klassik and Guitar Player’s Best Classical Guitarist awards, she performed in Scorsese’s Oscar-winning The Departed, at Ground Zero for the first internationally televised 9/11 memorial, the White House by invitation of President Obama, and as the only classical artist in the 2010 Grammy Awards. The documentary Sharon Isbin: Troubadour, seen by millions on over 200 PBS stations across the U.S. and abroad, won the ASCAP Television Broadcast Award. Recent highlights include a commission for her by Carnegie Hall, a 21-city Guitar Passions tour with jazz greats Stanley Jordan and Romero Lubambo, sold-out concerts at the Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, and her most recent Carnegie Hall appearances included collaborations with Sting and in recital with Isabel Leonard. Isbin’s catalogue of over 30 albums, from Baroque, Spanish/Latin and 20th Century to crossover and jazz-fusion have sold nearly a million copies and reflect her remarkable versatility. Her two latest releases in May 2020 of world premiere recordings of music composed for her are Affinity featuring Chris Brubeck’s acclaimed concerto for guitar and orchestra, and Strings for Peace, with India’s legendary Amjad Ali Khan in a program of ragas for guitar, sarod and tabla. Her 2019 release with the Pacifica Quartet, Souvenirs of Spain & Italy, debuted at #1 on Amazon and #2 on Billboard, and her Grammy-winning Journey to the New World with guests Joan Baez and Mark O’Connor spent 63 consecutive weeks on top Billboard charts. Isbin’s Dreams of a World earned her a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist, making her the first classical guitarist to receive the award in 28 years. Her recording of concerti composed for her by Christopher Rouse and Tan Dun was honored with a Grammy, and her Rodrigo Aranjuez with the New York Philharmonic, their only recording with guitar, received a Latin Grammy nomination. Author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book, Isbin has premiered over 80 works written for her by some of the world’s finest composers, and directs the guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School, which she created in 1989. In this episode we talk about Sharon Isbin's new albums, working with composers, competitions, passion for new music, numerous collaborations and advice to young musicians. She also speaks about transcendental meditation, recent work with Chris Brubeck, work with non-classical artists and much more.   For more information about Sharon Isbin please visit: http://www.sharonisbin.com © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020

She has a voice that can move you to tears. Grammy Award winner Isabel Leonard is one of the most in-demand Opera Singers in the world. We talk Opera, finding your voice, pop stars who can really sing and her Karaoke skills. Then, we countdown the Top 5 Music Genres.  Isabel Leonard: 01:50 John Shull: 40:17 Top 5 Genres of Music: 57:12 Contact the Show Instagram Isabel Leonard Instagram Isabel Leonard YouTube   Isabel Leonard Website   Isabel Leonard Booking Contact

A picture may paint a thousand words, but nothing compares to the intimacy and immediacy of a handwritten letter. Hearing the "Letter Aria" from Jules Massenet's Werther will prove it. From an opera based on the Goethe novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, this scene finds the tortured heroine Charlotte re-reading the letters of the doomed poet. In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens welcomes soprano Isabel Leonard, pianist Mary Dibbern and author Peter Bognanni to explore why the words we write to each other have so much power – sometimes even more than the ones we say aloud. They'll reflect on Massenet's talent for showing Charlotte's deep connection to Werther and you'll even get a real-life story about how email brought two people together. Then you'll hear Isabel Leonard sing the complete scene onstage at the Metropolitan Opera. The Guests Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard can handle many different roles – this season she's sung everything from Nico Muhly to Claude Debussy – but describes Charlotte as one of her most challenging. "The vocal writing is relentless," she says. "Massenet had a way of expressing a very deep understanding of Charlotte's complex struggle." Pianist Mary Dibbern began her love affair with French opera began in Paris more than 30 years ago. Since then, she’s translated a biography of Jules Massenet and is currently the Music Director of Education for the Dallas Opera. Minneapolis-based Peter Bognanni fell in love with his wife over email. He is also the author of Things I’m Seeing Without You, a modern-day story about two teens who fall in love over text messages and email.

Winston Graham’s MARNIE is the fast-paced thriller now taking the stage at the Met, composed by Nico Muhly with a libretto by Nicholas Wright. Isabel Leonard stars as Marnie, in an alluring production by Tony award-winning stage director Michael Mayer. In this episode, Williams College music professor W. Anthony Sheppard explores the music and drama of this newly composed operatic thriller!

GRAMMY Award-winning guitar star Sharon Isbin joins us to talk about her new album, a collaboration with GRAMMY Award-winning opera star Isabel Leonard called Alma Española, which is the first of its kind in 40 years: an all-Spanish recording for voice and guitar.

When Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther was published in 1774, it became an overnight sensation. Men wore yellow waistcoats and leather breeches to look like the novel's lovelorn hero, they carried vials of their own tears to display the depth of their feelings, and they even killed themselves in solidarity with the title character. The story of passionate, unrequited love was equally resonant when Jules Massenet's opera premiered a century later, and the glorious music is still just as heart-rending today.  On this week's episode of He Sang/She Sang, Merrin Lazyan and Jeff Spurgeon speak with writer James Kuslan about Massenet's Werther. We also hear from mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard about the magnetic power of love at first sight.   Kuslan's first YouTube pick (Tatiana Troyanos, 1982): Kuslan's second YouTube pick (Christa Ludwig and Franco Corelli, 1971): Spurgeon's YouTube pick (Lisette Oropesa and Jonas Kaufmann):  This episode features excerpts from the following album: Massenet: Werther (Philips, 1981)— José Carreras, tenor; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Isobel Buchanan, soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Sir Colin Davis

I programmet diskuteras bl.a. Jennifer Higdons opera "Cold Mountain", orkestermusik av Enescu och Rachmaninovs andra pianokonsert med solisten Gabriela Montero. Sofia Nyblom möter Lang Lang. I panelen: Boel Adler, Johanna Paulsson och Måns Tengnér som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor:GRIEG NIELSEN SIBELIUS STENHAMMAR Violinsonater Baiba Skride, violin Lauma Skride, piano Orfeo C 913 161 ARACHMANINOV GABRIELA MONTERO Pianokonsert nr 2 c-moll Ex patria op 1, Improvisation nr 1-3 Gabriela Montero, piano YOA Orchestra of the Americas Carlos Miguel Prieto, dirigent Orchid Classics ORC 100047JENNIFER HIGDON Cold Mountain, opera efter filmen med samma namn. Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard m.fl. Santa Fe-operans orkester, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, dirigent Pentatone PTC 5186 583GEORGE ENESCU Symfoni nr 4, Nuages dAutomne sur les Forêts, Kammarsymfoni Nordtyska radions filharmoni, Hannover Peter Ruzicka, dirigent CPO 777 966-2Sofia möter Lang Lang Sofia Nyblom har träffat den kinesiske världspianisten Lang Lang för ett samtal i samband med att han gästade Stockholms konserthus för en recital i mars tidigare i år. Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Nielsens andra violinsonat med Cecilia Zilliacus och Bengt Forsberg på märket dB Productions. Stenhammars violinsonat med Nils-Erik Sparf och Bengt Forsberg på Musica Sveciae. Enescus kammarsymfoni med Tammerfors stadsorkester ledd av Hannu Lintu på Ondine. Exempel på filmer som blivit opera: Hitchcocks Notorious med musik av Hans Gefors samt Ang Lees Brokeback Mountain tonsatt av Charles Wuorinen. Svepet Johan sveper över 2 CDr: Orkestermusik ur Franz Schrekers operor med Kungliga hovkapellet under ledning av Lawrence Renes utgiven på Bis, ur vilken vi hör förspelet till Gezeichneten samt över ett album med 4 skivor och båda böckerna med Das Wohltemperierte Klavier framförda av Niklas Sivelöv på skivmärke HVB Records. Ur den spelas Preludium nr 1 C-dur ur första boken.   

On July 20th, 2016, the Met will be broadcasting the last HD encore opera of the summer to theatres across the globe! The opera is Mozart’s beloved Così fan tutte, and the cast features audience favourites such as Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard, and Danielle de Niese. So to get us all prepared for the broadcast, our episode today features a wonderful Talking About Opera lecture from our archives, with Bridget Paolucci discussing this beloved Mozart work.

Åbo filharmoniska orkester spelar Sibelius och Gävle symfoniorkester framför musik av Joachim Nikolas Eggert. Det är innehållet på två av skivorna som recenseras denna vecka. I panelen sitter Camilla Lundberg, Per Lindqvist och Rainer Clute som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor:MAURICE RAVEL Barnet och spökerierna, Shéhérazade, Alborada del gracioso Isabel Leonard m.fl Saito Kinen Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, dirigent Decca 478 6760JEAN SIBELIUS Pelléas och Mélisande, Vals lyrique m.m. Pia Pajala, sopran Sari Nordqvist, mezzo Åbo filharmoniska orkester Leif Segerstam, dirigent Naxos 8.573301ISIDORA ZEBELJAN Kammarmusik, Song of a Traveller in the Night m.m. Brodsky-kvartetten m.fl CPO 777 994-2JOACHIM NIKOLAS EGGERT Symfonier nr 1 och 3, musik till Svante Sture Gävle symfoniorkester Gérard Korsten, dirigent Naxos 8.572457Dessutom: I mindre skala Johanna Paulsson och Alexander Freudenthal jämför stor med liten Mahler. Vi hör allt från Mahlers nia på dragspel till Beethovens nia i Mahlers arrangemang.

Relevant Tones partners with the Santa Fe Opera to feature a sneak preview of Jennifer Higdon's soon-to-be-premiered first opera, Cold Mountain, based on Charles Frazier's best-selling novel. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic, III (excerpt) Jennifer Koh, v.; Reiko Uchida, p. Jennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain (excerpts) “The Metal Age has Come” “Listen” “A Fence is a Good Thing” “I Don't Know Why” “Come Back to Cold Mountain” Recorded live at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC, 3/30/2015 Jarrett Ott, baritone; Emily Fons, ms.; Isabel Leonard, ms.; Jay Hunter Morris, ten.; Kevin Burdette, bass; Roger Honeywell, ten.; Lisa Keller, p. Jennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain (excerpts) “Why Can't We?” “What Was His Name?” “Ada's Aria” “Orion Duet” Recorded live at the Curtis Institute of Music

Opera singer Isabel Leonard; Mexican publisher Marisol Schulz; Cuban musician Roberto Poveda