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Michael Leopold Michael Leopold holds a
masters degree in historical plucked instruments
from Sacramento State University (1998) and a
degree in lute and theorbo from L’Istituto di
Musica Antica of the Accademia Internazionale
della Musica (2004) in Milan, Italy. Originally from
Northern California, he continues to reside in
Milan and performs both as a soloist and as an
accompanist throughout Europe, Australia, Japan,
Chile, Mexico, and the United States.
He has played with a number of leading Italian early music groups, including , La Risonanza, La Venexiana,
Concerto Italiano and La Pietà de’ Turchini and several American period-instrument ensembles Ars Lyrica
and Catacoustic Consort to name a few. He has also collaborated with several orchestras and opera
companies, including Orchestra Verdi di Milano, Opera Australia, San Francisco Opera, Barcelona Opera,
Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Chicago
Opera Theater and Portland Opera. He can be heard in recordings on the Stradivarius, Glossa, Naïve, and
Naxos labels.