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Madness at the MET
Written in 2021, and prompted by a letter from a friend I found in the voice box. This story is about my time at the Metropolitan Opera and how I ended…
 • Leah Partridge
The Year I Let the Field Lie Fallow
Turning 50 amid a cascade of life changes-a child leaving for college, the end of a university teaching job, and the loss of professional singing…
 • Leah Partridge
Gilda, and Frogs and well, you'll just have to read the rest, oh my
What a performance with German Regie concept Opera taught me about resilience
 • Leah Partridge
Let's Celebrate
What's next after this one year anniversary celebration? MUSIC, STORIES, FLOWERS, and MAGIC.
 • Leah Partridge
An early December note
I'm breaking my publishing hiatus to share this December note.
 • Leah Partridge
New Sensory Parties
Have you tried out a morning?
 • Leah Partridge
Summer is Coming
Written in the garden June 1, 2021 with revisions today. How do we spend summer so that we have something bountiful come fall?
 • Leah Partridge
On Creativity
*** I wrote a song. I heard a sad story about a friend from high school and I walked around a field and this melody came to me. Over a few weeks, I let…
 • Leah Partridge
Colleague Collage
What do I do with a box of opening night cards?
 • Leah Partridge
Heartbreak in Philadelphia
How my unraveling life made an appearance in Puccini's La Bohème Act 3.
 • Leah Partridge
The Voice Box
The Voice Box
From opera houses to southern marshes, from fiction to flowers, Leah shares essays and stories that celebrate curiosity, growth, and the quiet joy of making things bloom on stage and beyond.
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