The Richard Tucker Foundation said on Monday that the mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard had won its award named after the American tenor. The award, which comes with a $30,000 prize, is conferred on singers who the foundation deems are about to plunge into major international careers, and it often makes good calls. Past winners include Angela Meade, Joyce DiDonato, John Relyea, Matthew Polenzani, Deborah Voigt and Renée Fleming.
Ms. Leonard, 31, has become a regular at the Metropolitan Opera, performing in a half-dozen productions. They include three Mozart operas: “Don Giovanni,†“The Marriage of Figaro†and “Così fan tutte.†She will be back at the Met in May with Poulenc’s “Dialogue of the Carmelites,†but not before appearing on “Sesame Street†later this month.
