A native of Philadelphia, soprano Leah Hawkins will have a series of exciting role and house debuts in the 2022-23 season. She begins the season as the Foreign Princess in Rusalka at Pittsburgh Opera, followed by Ariadne auf Naxos at Arizona Opera. Further debuts include Tosca at Opera Memphis and Santa Fe Opera, and Musetta in La bohème in a return to the Metropolitan Opera. She began the 2021-22 season as Desdemona in 7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS at Opéra national de Paris, returned to the Metropolitan Opera for Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Porgy and Bess, and the Summer Recital Series, appeared at Des Moines Metro Opera, and had a title role debut as Adriana Lecouvreur.