Legendary Metropolitan Opera Soprano Leona Mitchell to discuss NYC Concert with Patrick D. McCoy

June 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Leona Mitchell will discuss her only NYC concert appearance this weekend with the Metro Chamber Orchestra, Sunday June 26 at 4 p.m.

TUNE IN ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011, at 4 p.m.- http://www.blogtalkradio.com/patrickdmccoy,

After her debut as Carmen with the San Francisco Opera,  Ms. Mitchell made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the same role in 1975. Her recording of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with Lorin Maazel and the Cleveland Orchestra brought her international acclaim.  Several recordings and television appearances are all to her credit.

A Grammy Award Winning Soprano, Mitchell sang for 18 seasons with the The Metropolitan Opera.  Appearances in other great houses include Paris, Covent Garden, Vienna, Rome, Australia, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Chicago, Caracalla, and The Orange Festival amongst others. She has also appeared with some major symphony orchestras including those in London, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and many others.

Miss Mitchell has sung for four of US Presidents: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. She has also sung for many dignitaries: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, and Bishop Tutu.



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Standing proudly on the shoulders of the late African-American classical music critic, Raoul Abdul, Patrick D. McCoy is committed to informing the entire community about the joys of classical music. Visit: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/patrickdmccoy