​Rancho Cucamonga, CA native, Leeza Yorke, is a mezzo-soprano vocalist, earning her bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from Indiana University, Bloomington and master’s degree from California State University, Fullerton. She is the winner of the 2026 Beverly Hills National Auditions, the second-place recipient in the 2025 Redlands Bowl Vocal Competition and received an Honorable Mention in the 2024 Laffont Competition (San Diego District). In 2023, she portrayed Madame Manon in Mission Opera’s West Coast premiere of Girondines in Santa Clarita, CA. With Lyric Opera of Orange County, she has appeared as a Puppet in Ethel Smyth’s Fête Galante, Stéphano in Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet (2023) as well as the title role in Pauline Viardot’s Cinderella (2022). Stepping into theater, Yorke made her appearance as Mother Abbess in The Electric Company Theatre’s 2023 production of The Sound of Music, where her “incredible mezzo-soprano voice brought chills down the spine.” She has made her international debut as the Nursing Sister and covered the role of the Princess in the International Lyric Academy’s production of Suor Angelica, in Vicenza, Italy. Most recently, she made her chorus debut with Houston Grand Opera in its 2025 production of Porgy and Bess and made her Metropolitan Opera Chorus debut in the same work (2025-2026). In June 2026, she will make her Cincinnati Opera chorus debut in the world premiere of Lalovavi, a groundbreaking new work by Kevin Day and Tifara Brown. Yorke eagerly anticipates making her solo debut as Cherubino in Tacoma Opera's 2027 production of Le nozze di Figaro. Beyond the stage, she is passionate about music education, working with students of all ages at a community music school while also serving as an adjunct voice faculty member at Chaffey College.