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Biography
With voluminous hair and an even more voluminous voice, mezzo-soprano Leora Gilgur, never fails to awe audiences with her undeniable stage presence, three-dimensional sound, and raw vocalization.
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Leora has participated in masterclasses with Stephanie Blythe, Paul Groves, Kathleen Kelly, Martha Guth, Martin Bakari, Warren Jones, and Martin Katz, who coined her "Chest-voice Queen". She has been a participant in the Collaborative Piano Institute where she premiered many original chamber music compositions. Leora reprised her professional debut role of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel at Chicago Summer Opera and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her favorite roles performed include Dido in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, as well as, Prince Charmant in Cendrillon by Massenet.
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In the 2022-23 season, Leora is excited to premier songs by Jewish composers that were lost during the Holocaust and whose music was recently made open to the public.
Leora was introduced to opera at a young age when her family took her to see Carmen at the San Francisco Opera; however, growing up, she took to musical theatre and jazz. Her love for the performing arts made her venture out and pursue many different aspects of performance, such as teaching, which made her love the art even more, and eventually, she found her niche in the operatic arts.
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While working with internationally renowned baritone Eugene Brancoveanu, she was able to act as Stage Manager and Assistant for San Francisco Opera Guild’s Summer Conservatory production of The Snow Queen. Leora took charge of many group classes that covered a large range of material, from important composers to overcoming performance anxiety. Upon finishing the program, Leora received training in vocal pedagogy and acoustics and uses her array of skills and love for teaching to inspire young students of music everyday.
She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and is currently working on a Master of Music Degree in Opera and Voice Performance.
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