Praised by Opera News as a “gleaming soprano” and the Wall Street Journal as “piercingly lovely,” soprano Leela Subramaniam has sung with some of the world’s most prestigious houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Gärtnerplatz Theater, Theater Basel, Irish National Opera, LA Opera, and the Carnegie Hall stage. A champion of new works, Leela has performed in five world premieres, two of which have been by women of color.

Upcoming Ms. Subramaniam will be making her role debut as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with Portland Opera, where she was recently seen reprising the role of Annu in Kamala Sankaram’s Thumbprint. She recently performed the role of Turan In a new work by Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh with Beth Morrison Projects at National Sawdust, the title role in the virtual reality opera “Miranda” with Opera Omaha/Tri-Cities Opera by Kamala Sankaram, and a staging workshop with the LA Philharmonic and Deaf West Theater as Marzelline in Fidelio. Her past performed roles include the title roles in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) and Thais (Massenet), Donna Anna, Pamina, Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring/ Britten), and Angelica (Orlando Paladino/ Haydn). In prior seasons, she has covered Papagena (Magic Flute), Flower Maiden #1 (Parsifal), and Kate Pinkerton (Butterfly) with the Metropolitan Opera. She was a 1st prize winner of the Joan Taub Ades Competition in NYC and the Sigma Alpha Iota Competition, as well as a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Giulio Gari Foundation, and Zinka Milanov Competition. As a young artist, she was a member of the Bavarian State Opera Studio, attended the Chautauqua Institution, and was a young artist with Opera Theater of St. Louis.

Ms. Subramaniam received her Master of Music and Professional Studies Certificate in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and her B.A. from the University of California-Los Angeles in Art History and Music (Vocal Performance). She is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Voice at the University of California-Los Angeles. Ms. Subramaniam speaks German, French, Italian, and Spanish conversationally and lives in Los Angeles, where she maintains a voice studio.