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That Which We Love with Isabel Leonard

Available through April 26, 2022 on thedallasopera.TV

From the soul of an artist!

Experience this intimate recital by the celebrated American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard!

Accompanied by pianist John Arida, she offers a collection of songs that have special resonance to her as an artist, woman, and mother.

Enjoy Walt Disney’s Cinderella: “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” (music and words by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston). Classical sections include “Je t’adore brigand” from Jacques Offenbach’s La Périchole; “D ’amour l’ardente flamme,” from Hector Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust; “Sgombra è la sacra selva” from Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma, and Jerome Kern’s “The Way You Look Tonight,” written for the Astaire/Rogers film Swing Time.

One of opera’s most adored stars, Isabel Leonard is a two-time Grammy winner who continues to dazzle audiences on major world stages from Vienna and Glyndebourne to New York and LA. Her performance as Rosina thrilled Dallas audiences in TDO’s 2014 The Barber of Seville. Now she returns to our virtual stage with a host of hits sure to excite fans everywhere!

She has “the vocal and physical beauty, the natural stage charisma, and the sure dramatic instincts to win all hearts from the onset.”—Chicago Tribune

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Cast

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Isabel Leonard

Mezzo-Soprano

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John Arida

Pianist

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Audio Producer

Adam Abeshouse

Video Producer

Doron Schachter

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On CD:

Ravel, L’enfant et les sortilèges (Decca label)
Isabel’s adorable performance of the Child, protagonist of this one-act opera, with Seiji Ozawa conducting the Saito Kinen Orchestra.

“Alma Española” (Bridge label)
A riveting program of Spanish-language music for voice and guitar, including works by Lorca, de Falla, Montsalvatge, Lara, and Rodrigo, pairing Isabel with world-renowned American guitarist Sharon Isbin.

“Preludios” (Delos label)
Isabel collaborates with pianist Brian Zeger for a memorable program of Spanish songs by de Falla, Granados, Mompou, and Montsalvatge.

On DVD:

Handel, Giulio Cesare (Virgin Classics label)
Isabel’s electrifying portrayal of Sesto, gracing a cast that also features Natalie Dessay (Cleopatra) and Lawrence Zazzo (Cesare). This is a production from Paris, brilliantly directed by Laurent Pelly and with early-music specialist Emanuelle Haïm conducting her original-instrument orchestra, Le Concert d’Astrée.

Mozart, Così fan tutte (EuroArts label – Blu-Ray)
Isabel charms all hearts as Dorabella, joining a remarkable ensemble of internationally celebrated Mozart interpreters at the Salzburg Festival, directed by Claus Guth, with Adam Fischer conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.

On YouTube:

Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, “Non so piû cosa son”
Isabel delights with her exhilarating portrayal of the pageboy Cherubino.

Rossini, The Barber of Seville, “Una voce poco fa”
Isabel’s scintillating performance in one of her signature roles, singing one of Rossini’s most popular arias.

Ravel, Shéhêrazade
Truly alluring music, alluringly sung by Isabel with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Gaffigan.

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