Trained in Toronto and at London’s Guildhall School, Leah Gordon launched her career in 2005 at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, where she sang roles such as Zerlina (*Don Giovanni*), Inès (*L’Africaine*), Countess Adèle (*Le Comte Ory*), as well as Thalie and La Folie (*Platée*).

A member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Nürnberg since 2008, she has tackled an exceptionally diverse repertoire, including Donna Anna (*Don Giovanni*), Countess Almaviva (*Le Nozze di Figaro*), Elettra (*Idomeneo*), Micaëla (*Carmen*), Gerhilde (*Die Walküre*), Marguerite de Valois (*Les Huguenots*), and Konstanze (*Die Entführung aus dem Serail*).

She also appeared as Eva in *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg* at the Glyndebourne Festival in May–June 2016, and as the First Lady in *Die Zauberflöte* at the Bavarian State Opera in both 2016 and 2018.

As her voice and artistry have matured toward more dramatic soprano and spinto roles, she has sung Liù (*Turandot*) and Amelia (*Un Ballo in maschera*) in Chemnitz, and Elvira (*Ernani*) in Heidenheim.

In recent seasons, she portrayed Elisabeth de Valois (*Don Carlos*) at the Saarbrücken Opera, and stepped in at the last minute to sing the same role at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie—a tour de force hailed by the Belgian press. She is slated to return to the Heidenheim Opera Festival next July as Elvira (*Ernani*).

Most recently, she reprised Elisabeth de Valois in Basel.

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