Hailed by Opera News for her “lovely plush lyric mezzo,” and “dramatic sensitivity,” Leah Wool is rapidly garnering critical acclaim for her performances across the country. In 2007-2008, Ms. Wool returns to the Metropolitan Opera for performances of the Second Bridesmaid in Le Nozze di Figaro and Marshal Murat's Adjutant in War and Peace, joins fellow Yale Opera alumni in concert at Weill Recital Hall as part of the inaugural "Yale at Carnegie" series, returns to the Newton Symphony Orchestra as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, and makes her role debut as Angelina in La Cenerentola with Opera New Jersey.

Ms. Wool recently made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera as the Second Novice in Suor Angelica, and her Carnegie Hall debut as the alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra. In summer 2007, she made a highly acclaimed return to Central City Opera, singing the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon. Career highlights also include Hansel in Hansel and Gretel at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, her role debut as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Newton Symphony Orchestra, her New York City Opera debut as Delia in Il Viaggio a Reims, and Nancy in Albert Herring with Gotham Chamber Opera. In spring 2005, Ms. Wool was invited to join a group of sixteen Yale Opera alumni in a collaborative project to record the complete songs of Charles Ives, for upcoming release on Naxos Records.

Sought after on the concert stage, she has appeared as mezzo-soprano soloist for works including Haydn's Theresienmesse with the New Jersey Symphony, Handel's Messiah with the Utah Symphony, Duruflé's Requiem with the Greenwich Choral Society, Vivaldi's Gloria with the New Haven Symphony, Bruckner's Missa Solemnis with the Manchester Symphony, and Bach's Magnificat, Stravinsky's Les Noces, and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass at Yale University.

A two-time Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she is also a 2008 Award Winner and a 2004 Encouragement Grant recipient of the Sullivan Foundation Awards. Ms. Wool was a Second Place Winner in the 2005 Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition and subsequently made her Alice Tully Hall debut in the Foundation’s gala concert, receiving praise from Opera News as "the afternoon's most arresting voice." Other honors include a 2008 Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, a 2007 Grant from the Giulio Gari Foundation, and the 2003 Judith Raskin Memorial Award from Santa Fe Opera. She was also the 2002 recipient of the Presser Award, a prestigious study grant from The Presser Foundation and the Yale School of Music.

Ms. Wool has been a Young Artist at Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Utah Symphony & Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera North, and the Caramoor Festival. She holds an Artist Diploma and Master of Music from Yale University and received her Bachelor of Music magna cum laude from Westminster Choir College. Ms. Wool is a native of Long Island, New York.