Leah Kaye Serr, Mezzo Soprano

Mezzo-soprano, Leah Kaye Serr, has established herself as a singer and actress of "strength and
lyrical beauty." Ms. Serr has performed with Sarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera,
Knoxville Opera and Central City Opera where she performed the role of Annina in La Traviata
and covered the role of Dorothée in Cendrillon. She also had the privilege of participating in the
Châteauville Foundation Residency Program for young artists, where she covered the role of
Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia conducted by Maestro Lorin Maazel.

As an Apprentice Artist with the Sarasota Opera Company, Ms. Serr performed the role of
Mercy Lewis in The Crucible, covered the role of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and had the
privilege of singing Giovanna in their mainstage production of Rigoletto. She was also selected
as the recipient of the prestigious Sarasota Opera Guild Award. Furthering her career, Ms. Serr
won 3rd place in The American Prize National Competition for Vocal Performance in the
College and University Art Song Division and won the Middle/East TN District Metropolitan
Opera Competition where she was chosen to advance to the Mid-South Region competition in
Memphis, TN.

Ms. Serr sang Emma Jones in Street Scene, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Elizabeth Proctor in
The Crucible, and Zita in Gianni Schicchi with the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre,
where she completed her Master's Degree under the vocal direction of renowned mezzo-soprano
Lorraine DiSimone. Ms. Serr also performed the mainstage roles of Giovanna in Rigoletto and
Kate in The Pirates of Penzance as a member of the Knoxville Opera Studio program.
Professionally, she performed Hansel in Knoxville Opera's outreach production of Hansel and
Gretel as well as performing the mainstage roles of the Muse and Nicklausse in Les contes
d’Hoffmann where she was acclaimed as bringing “...a stylish persona and a powerful mezzo to
the dual roles”.

As an undergraduate student at The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, Ms.
Serr studied under the direction of Dr. Stanley Cornett. While at Peabody Ms. Serr performed the
roles of Meg Page in Falstaff, Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw and Lucretia in The Rape of
Lucretia where she was hailed as "lovely and vocally incisive as Lucretia, convincing as she lost
her mind after the rape scene."

Among concert work, Ms. Serr has sung the mezzo solos in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9,
Vivaldi’s Gloria, Dvorak's Stabat Mater, Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli, Mozart’s Requiem,
Beach’s Grand Mass in E-flat Maj, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and Handel’s Messiah
with several leading orchestras.