Leah Wool made her North Carolina Symphony debut as a soloist for Handel’s Messiah in 2022.

Mezzo-soprano Leah Wool is the recipient of a Sullivan Foundation Award and second-place winner in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition. A two-time Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she has also received the Judith Raskin Memorial Award from Santa Fe Opera and is a first-place winner of the Amici Vocal Competition.

Among recent engagements, Wool joined the American Symphony Orchestra this season for a concert of works by C.P.E. Bach. During the 2023/24 season, she made two returns to the Defiant Requiem Foundation. Elsewhere, she has joined the San Francisco Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Jacksonville Symphony for Handel’s Messiah and debuted with the Nashville Symphony in Mozart’s Requiem.

Grammy-nominated for her work as Minerva on Boston Baroque’s recording of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Wool is a frequent collaborator—having sung the title role in Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula and Amastre in Handel’s Xerxes with the company, among others. She is also a frequent performer at Utah Opera. Other notable appearances include The Metropolitan Opera; Central City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and Spoleto Festival USA.