Singer

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Tessa McQueen is a student of Nova Thomas. 

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Tessa McQueen, Soprano

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University is proud to announce three-time Grammy Award winner Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano and star on the world’s leading stages and screens, as the 2023-2024 Aleko Endowed Master Class Artist.

Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano

Brockman Hall For Opera

A visceral story of love, betrayal, and sacrifice, Puccini’s Tosca delivers operatic drama at its most electrifying. In Rome, poisoned by paranoia and shifting power, fiery diva Floria Tosca and her artist lover Mario Cavaradossi are ensnared by the ruthless police chief Scarpia, whose desire breeds cruelty and control. Fueled by Puccini’s sublime score—featuring “Vissi d’arte” and “E lucevan le stelle”—Tosca races toward a shocking, unforgettable finale.

Tosca

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Bask in the brilliance of Beethoven with the National Symphony Orchestra, under its esteemed music director Gianandrea Noseda, and Wolf Trap Opera artists. This all-Beethoven program opens with the Handel-inspired overture to The Consecration of the House and his rarely performed Elegiac Song before concluding with Beethoven’s Ninth, the symphony by which all others are measured. The cosmic drama of this colossal masterwork—its grand, emotional melodies and the tremendous closing “Ode to Joy”—reminds us why Beethoven’s final symphony resounds as loudly today as it did two centuries ago.

Soprano

Tessa McQueen

Events

Upcoming events

Aug 7, 2026

Tosca · Wolf Trap Opera

Aug 14, 2026

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony · Wolf Trap Opera

Past events

Apr 17, 2024

Tessa McQueen, Soprano · The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

Apr 14, 2024

Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano · The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

Future and recently performed repertoire

Floria Tosca in Tosca by Puccini

Wolf Trap Opera

Singer in Elegiac Song by Beethoven

Wolf Trap Opera

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