Leith, Sylvia
Sylvia Leith
Praised for her “plangent mezzo-soprano” (Washington Classical Review), Sylvia Leith is a soloist and consort singer whose repertoire spans the medieval to the contemporary. Her recent solo appearances include Messiah with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Duruflé’s Requiem and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Emmanuel Music in Baltimore, Helena in A Fairy Queen with the IN Series, and Elgar’s Sea Pictures with Washington Young Sinfonia. Her operatic roles run the gamut from Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea to Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring. Sylvia is a founding member of the Polyphonists and the Uncommon Music Festival, and her ensemble credits include Washington Bach Consort, Bach Akademie Charlotte, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, True Concord, the Thirteen, Ensemble Altera, Cathedra, and Bridge.