Leah Finn

Leah Finn is an operatic mezzo-soprano and musical theatre artist from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Most recently, Finn appeared as a Resident Young Artist with the Ohio Light Opera Company, performing 45 performances of various musicals and operettas. In 2024, she was a Manetti Shrem Opera Fellow with Festival Napa Valley. Some favorite credits include Taller Daughter in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up, Serse in Handel’s Serse, Zanetto in Mascagni’s Zanetto, Annio in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, The Secretary in Menotti’s The Consul, Flavio in Handel’s Flavio, Zweite Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and Jade Boucher in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. She is also featured in the documentary Flicka which tells the story of the life and career of legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade.

When she is not performing, Finn is also passionate about directing and, most recently, was the Assistant Director for David Hanlon’s The Pigeon Keeper with Opera Parallèle. She holds a Professional Studies Certificate and Master’s in Voice from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Catherine Cook. Finn graduated with a Bachelor’s in Voice and Music Theatre from James Madison University.