One of today’s most exciting mezzos 💖 Following her performances this season as opera’s best-known heroine Carmen, and ahead of her highly anticipated portrayal of the iconic Frida Kahlo in Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, star mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard joins the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on February 4. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a program of must-hear works by Dawson, Barber, and Bernstein. In anticipation of the concert, here’s a throwback

There's much more to mezzo-soprano roles than the stereotypical "witches, bitches, and britches." What is your favorite mezzo role in opera? We're happy to have so many talented mezzo-sopranos joining us this season, starting with Rachel Frenkel as Cherubino in THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Isabel Leonard in the title role of Rossini's CINDERELLA, Jill Grove as Margret in WOZZECK, J'nai Bridges as Carmen in the World Premiere opera BEL CANTO, Elizabeth DeShong as Fenena in NABUCCO, Sophie Koch and Ali