Name Sarah Leonard | Role Soprano | |
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Albums Gorecki: O Domina Nostra / Satie / Milhaud / Bryars Similar People John Harle, Christopher Bowers‑Broadbent, Rogers Covey‑Crump, Malcolm Martineau, Pierre Favre | ||
Edgar varese nocturnal 1961 chailly rco soprano sarah leonard
Sarah Leonard (born 10 April 1953) is an English classical soprano, known for her performances of contemporary classical music by composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Harrison Birtwistle, Pierre Boulez and Michael Nyman.
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Leonard was born in Winchester, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, after which she joined the BBC Singers and the Endymion Ensemble. She made her debut at La Scala, Milan, in 1989 in the premiere of Dr Faustus by Giacomo Manzoni.
Sarah Leonard teaches at the Central School of Speech and Drama and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. She is a member of the Association of Teachers of Singing, the British Voice Association and is Chairman of the Association of English Singers and Speakers.
In January 2013, she was made an Honorary Doctor of Music at the University of Hull.
She sang on the 2014 album The Tyburn Tree (Dark London) by John Harle and Marc Almond.