These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut of Leah Wool.

Mezzo-soprano Leah Wool’s 2022/23 season features a concert of songs by Errollyn Wallen with New York Festival of Song and an appearance with On Site Opera and The Defiant Requiem Foundation as the Trommler in Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis at Zankel Hall, the proceeds of which will benefit Holocaust survivors.

Wool has recently joined the San Francisco Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Jacksonville Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, as well The Defiant Requiem Foundation for performances of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer. Previously, she returned to Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for Bach’s Magnificat and Utah Opera as Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, and debuted with the Charlotte Symphony in Mendelssohn’s Elijah and 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 has also sung the title role in Handel's Amadigi di Gaula and Amastre in Xerxes, as well as Holofernes in Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans with the company. Other notable performances include appearances with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Central City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and Spoleto Festival USA.

Wool is the recipient of a Sullivan Award and a 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. She is also a recipient of the Presser Award, a study grant from The Presser Foundation and the Yale School of Music.