An encore broadcast. Last summer, Isabel Leonard joined Oliver at the Santa Fe Opera festival. The GRAMMY Award–winning mezzo-soprano discussed her Argentine-American heritage, shared her passion for Spanish language art song, and traced career milestones leading up to her debut in the title role of Carmen. Learn more about Isabel Leonard’s upcoming joint recital with guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas at the Harris Theater HERE.
Isabel Leonard and Sharon Isbin perform “Polo” from Manuel de Falla’s Seven Popular Spanish Songs below.
Playlist
All selections performed by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.
Augustin Lara arr. Sharon Isbin: Granada with Sharon Isbin, guitar Alma Española Bridge Records BCD9491
Joaquin Valverde: Clavelitos Federico Garcia Lorca: “Los Pelegrenitos” from Canciones españolas antiguas Enrique Granados: “Gracia mia” from Canciones amatorias Manuel de Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas
with Brian Zeger, piano Preludios
Delos DE-3468
Maurice Ravel: L’Enfant et les sortilèges
Part I, “Toi, le coeur de la rose…Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!”
with Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor
SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus
SKF Matsumoto Choir
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges & Shéhérazade
Decca 4786760
Xavier Montsalvatge arr. Isbin: Cinco canciones negras No. 4. Cancion de Cuna para dormir a un negrito No. 5. Canto Negro with Sharon Isbin, guitar Alma Española Bridge Records BCD-9491
