Leah Finn

Leah Finn is a mezzo-soprano from Virginia Beach, Virginia, currently based in San Francisco. She is thrilled to return to the Santa Rosa Symphony after last appearing as the mezzo soloist in Manuel de Falla’s El sombrero de tres picos. Future engagements include covering Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen with Opera San José. Most recently, she returned to The Ohio Light Opera for a second summer as a Resident Young Artist. During her residency, Finn performed more than forty performances of five musicals and operettas, including My Fair Lady, The Boys from Syracuse, The Yeomen of the Guard, and others. Some favorite credits include Luciana in Rodgers and Hart’s The Boys from Syracuse, Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Taller Daughter in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up, The Secretary in Menotti’s The Consul, and Serse in Handel’s Serse. Past Young Artist Programs include the Manetti-Shrem Opera Fellowship with Festival Napa Valley.

She is a 2026 Metropolitan Opera San Francisco District Encouragement Award Winner and an alumna of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and James Madison University.