LEANDRA RAMM is a remarkably versatile mezzo-soprano and actress with an “extraordinary voice” (Anderson Cooper 360), whose “beautiful and quite moving” (Nordstjernan Newspaper) performances have graced prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The United Nations, and Symphony Space.  She debuted in Weill's The Endless Road as soloist with The American Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.  Ms. Ramm performed the title role for San Francisco Opera Guild’s tour of La Cenerentola and was a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony in Chichester Psalms conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, and Bach’s Magnificat, conducted by Dame Jane Glover.  She was a National Finalist in the Women in Opera Division and Semi-Finalist in the Art Song Division from The American Prize, and grant recipient of the Opera America Career Blueprints for Singers.  Ms. Ramm was selected by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music in the COVID-19 Response Pairings and debuted a song cycle by Grey Grant specifically composed for her voice.  This popular artist appeared with San Francisco Opera Guild as Mama in Evan Mack and Joshua McGuire’s Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena, also appearing on the cast album released on Albany Records.  She sang the title role in L’enfant et les sortilèges in a co-production between Opera on Tap San Francisco and Air Operatique, performed as soloist in Bach’s Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio with San Francisco Choral Society, as well as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Silicon Valley Philharmonic.

Ms. Ramm debuted her solo recital entitled “Prelude to Valentine’s Day” with San Francisco Renaissance Voices, and was soloist in Mendelssohn’s Psalm 13 from Drei geistliche Lieder and Schubert’s Miriam’s Song of Triumph with San Francisco City Chorus.  She had the honor of performing solo recitals at the Norwegian Consulate as well as at the Swedish National Day Celebration at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts and is a frequent soloist with Maestro Ragnar Bohlin’s Cappella SF (also on Delos Records). 

Other notable engagements include two engagements as soloist with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Alceste and Dido and Aeneas), Paloma in Dolores for its world premiere with West Edge Opera, the Soul in Ordo Virtutum with San Francisco Renaissance Voices, the Rooster and Blue Jay in The Cunning Little Vixen with West Edge Opera, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera San Jose, Leila in Iolanthe at the Buxton Opera House in the UK, and Dorabella in Così fan tutte with the Martina Arroyo Foundation.  She has also appeared in several operas with the Center for Contemporary Opera — Mario and the Magician (on Albany Records), Clarence and Anita, and Big Jim and the Small-Time Investors — and was featured in the first workshop performance of ¡Figaro! (90210) with Morningside Opera.  She also appeared in the made-for-TV opera Vireo, by Lisa Bielawa.  Ms. Ramm studied at the Manhattan School of Music and furthered her training in programs at Arizona Opera, Toledo Opera, Opera Carolina, Des Moines Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera, and New Jersey Opera.