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A rake's progress: Mozart's Don Giovanni let loose in Aix

Isabel Leonard's is a world-beating Elvira, her cherry ripe mezzo and supple phrasing perfect for a moving “Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata”, sung as she uncovers a bedsheet to reveal the Don curled up with her maid. Her resigned look at yet another betrayal will haunt me for days.

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07 July 2017bachtrack.comMark Pullinger
A thought-provoking ROH revival of Massenet’s Werther

But there’s nothing quite like a letter scene to bring out the best in a singer-actress and Leonard was superlative. That middle-range mezzo ... was used for all it was worth... [and] Leonard used everything at her disposal to dominate the stage.

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18 September 2019www.operatoday.comMarc Bridle

Past Production Reviews

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Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini
D: Rob Ashford
C: Michele Mariotti
Il Barbiere di Siviglia

I feel especially compelled to praise Tracy Cantin as the maid Berta: so great was her finesse and projection that when I first looked closely at the program after the performance, I was stunned to read that she is still only in the Lyric’s training program (the Ryan Opera Center) – certainly a name to watch from now on!

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02 February 2014chicagocritic.comTom Williams

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