ENGAGEMENTS
“Leytham seethed as Inez, her rich mezzo a marvel to hear.”
— Christian Herzog, San Diego Union Tribune
Upcoming Engagements
2026/2027
SEP 27, 2026: Project [BLANK] / ART ATTACK! + Season Launch Party / Role: Producer
OCT 12, 2026: Art of Elan /From the Canyons to the Stars by Olivier Messiaen / Role: Producer
OCT 16, 2026: Project [BLANK] / Brandon Tani + āññā duo / Role: Producer
OCT 17+18, 2026: Bach Collegium San Diego /Salzburg Connections: Mozart + Michael Haydn / Role: Chorus
NOV 20: Project [BLANK] / Nakatani Gong Orchestra / Role: Producer
DEC 4: Project [BLANK] / The Kitschmas Tree Lot and the Case of the Missing Nose with Brian & Ryan / Role: Producer
JAN 15: Project [BLANK] / Kamran Shafii + Michael Masaru Flora / Role: Producer
FEB 19: Project [BLANK] / TONE KEEPERS by Rachel Beetz / Role: Producer
MAR 19: Project [BLANK] / POETRY + SOUND with Pablo Dodero Carrillo & Paola Capó-Garcia / Role: Producer
APR 16: Project [BLANK] / 2 Voices with Leslie Ann Leytham + Jonathan Nussman / Role: Producer + soloist
MAY 21: Project [BLANK] / King Britt presents MOKSHA BLACK / Role: Producer + soloist
MAY 27-29: Project [BLANK] / Working Title No. 6 / Role: Curator + Producer
Selected Previous Engagements
PRODUCER & CURATOR
I am Artistic Director & producer at Project [BLANK], an interdisciplinary, experimental concert series in San Diego, and have brought dozens of concerts, exhibitions, and world premieres to San Diego. For more information about my work as a producer and curator, head to www.projectblanksd.org.
OPERA ROLES
Chorus in Carmen by Georges Bizet, San Diego Opera, 2026
Mermaid in Park Opera by Wojtek Blecharz (American premiere), Project [BLANK], San Diego 2025
Sklave in Salome by Richard Strauss, San Diego Opera, 2025
Mr. Domin, The Robots by Carolyn Chen (world premiere), Project [BLANK], San Diego 2024
Geisha Chorus in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, San Diego Opera, 2024
Inez Serrano in No Exit by Andy Vores(west coast premiere), Project [BLANK], San Diego 2023 & Guerilla Opera, Boston, 2008 (world premiere)
Sorella Dispensiera, Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini, San Diego Opera, 2023
Tejuana Frida in El último sueño de Frida y Diego by Gabriela Lena Frank (world premiere), San Diego Opera, 2022
Ruth in Aftermath by Nicolas Reveles (world premiere), Bodhi Tree Concerts, San Diego 2022
Nowhere in Paradise TBD by Clinton McCallum (world premiere), Project [BLANK], San Diego 2022
Jitsuko in Hanjo by Toshio Hosokawa, Catapult Opera/Project [BLANK], New York City, 2020
Joseph Rosenbaum, Haydn’s Head by Nicholas Deyoe(excerpt/world premiere), The Industry, Los Angeles 2017
Chorus, Bonnie and Clyde by Andrew McIntosh (world premiere), The Industry, Los Angeles 2017
Kesa, Erwartung und Traumverlust by Martin Hiendl (world premiere), Space4Art, San Diego 2014
Sister, Winter’s Child by Ellen Reid (world premiere), The Industry, Los Angeles 2013
Contralto, L’Origine des Espèces by Georges Aperghis, Space4Art, San Diego 2013
Woman, To Be Sung by Pascal Dusapin (American premiere), UC San Diego 2010
CONCERT & ORATORIO
Michelle Lou, Excerpts from the Book of the Dead (world premiere), Project [BLANK], San Diego 2026
Sam Dunscombe, Sung Forests, La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival, San Diego 2026
Chaya Czernowin, Manoalchadia, San Diego New Music, San Diego 2026
Jason Carl Rosenberg, L.O.S.T., Sacra/Profana, San Diego 2025
Ottorino Respighi, Il Tramonto,Quartet Nouveau, San Diego 2024
Olivier Messiaen, Harawi (semi-staged), Project [BLANK], San Diego 2021
G.F. Handel, Messiah, Bach Collegium, San Diego 2019
Beat Furrer, Canti della Tenebra (American premiere), in recital, La Jolla, 2019
Chaya Czernowin, Manoalchadia, Noon 2 Midnight LA Philharmonic, Los Angeles 2019
Osvaldo Golijov, Lua Descolorida (How Slow the Wind),Salon East, El Cajon 2017
Camille Saint-Saëns, Le Violon dans le Soir,Soirée for Music Lovers, La Jolla 2016
Concert for Solo Voice, Mengí, Reykjavik 2015
Rick Burkhardt, Alban, Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles 2014
Nicholas Deyoe, still getting rid of (World Premiere), La Jolla Symphony 2012