Laura Leon

Cuban soprano Laura León is quickly becoming a rising star on operatic stages with a voice that “sparkles, seduces, and languishes.” Laura made her debut as the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte with Orchestra Miami under the baton of Elaine Rinaldi, as well as her Florida Grand Opera debut as Frasquita in Carmen, with subsequent performances as Mother of Peasant in Before Night Falls and Cristina Kahlo in Frida.

Most recently, Ms. León performed the role of the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte with Opera in Williamsburg, Susana in Figaro 90210! with Chautauqua Opera, the Four Heroines in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Opera Orlando, Norina in Don Pasquale with Gulfshore Opera, and Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice with Opera in Williamsburg.

Her past engagements include performing Adina in L’elisir d’Amore with Opera in Williamsburg, Cristina Kahlo in Frida with both El Paso Opera and Opera Southwest, all the Heroines in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Opera Louisiane, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with On Site Opera, and Ana Maria in Zorro with Opera Southwest, alongside her debut at Carnegie Hall as a soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music and Mozart’s Mass in C (Sparrow). Previous operatic engagements also include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, La Princesse Laoula in Chabrier’s L’étoile, Maurrant in Weill’s Street Scene, Musetta in La bohème, and Lola in Dueling Divas.

Laura’s musical theater credits include Maria in West Side Story, Lady Larken in Once Upon a Mattress, Woman 1 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and Lulu in Cabaret. On the concert stage, she has performed as a soloist in Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and Egmont, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Missa Solemnis, Rutter’s Requiem, Al Borde de la Esperanza with the University of Miami, and in the Ernesto Lecuona International Festival with Alba Productions.

Laura was a Jensen Foundation Competition finalist in 2018 and 2019, a Giulio Gari Foundation competition finalist in 2019, the second-place winner in the Deborah Voigt Rising Stars Vocal Competition with Vero Beach Opera, the first-place winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for the Florida District in 2018, a second-place winner in the St. Petersburg Opera Competition in 2018 and 2019, and the first-place winner in the NSAL district competition in 2018. She also won first place in the Zarzuela de las Américas Competition in 2015 and the Concerto Competition at Florida International University in 2015.

Laura holds a Master of Music in Voice Performance from Florida International University, a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Nyack College, and an Associate of Arts in Music Education from Miami Dade College. Alongside her performing career, she works as a private teacher and runs her company, León Productions, in Florida.