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Leland Morine Baritone
Leland came from a musical family. His father a tenor and mother a piano accompanist/teacher. At an early age he would sing along with recordings of opera singers. He studied voice and choral conducting in Clovis High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts at Fresno Pacific College and a Master of Arts at California State University, Fresno. He won the Metropolitan Opera District Auditions five times, received top prize in the Fresno District Merola Auditions, and was awarded prizes twice from the Henry Holt Memorial Scholarship.

His operatic experience began with the Fresno Opera Association as a member of the chorus, then on to principal roles. He performed with Amato Opera, Henry Street Settlement Opera, and Opera Viva in Manhatten, Regina Opera in Brooklyn NY, International Music Festival at Round Top, Texas, West Bay Opera in Palo Alto, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Lamplighters in San Francisco, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Marin Opera Association, Davis Artist Series, Oakland Lyric Opera, Pippen's Pocket Opera, and Boise Opera, Idaho.

Roles performed include Maletesta Don Pasquale, Dandini Cenerentola, Silvio & Tonio Pagliacci, Renato Ballo, Schaunard Boheme, Scarpia Tosca, Falstaff Falstaff, Elder Germont Traviata, Silva Ernani, Ezio Attila, Michele & Gianni Schicchi Trittico, Count Figaro, Guglielmo Cosi, Sparadrop Princess of Trebizonde, Emperor Rossignol, Jupiter Orpheus, and many Gilbert and Sullivan characters.

In addition to Leland's operatic experience, he has performed with the Fresno Oratorio society, Peninsula Contare, Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo, Choral Arts Society of New York University, and San Francisco City Chorus. Leland has held positions of Director of Music at Brooklyn Cornerstone Church of the Nazarene, Soloist/Section leader/Cantor at Saint Brigit's Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco and First Congregational Church in Oakland.

He regularly performs with the Uptown Singers. Sings Opera, Broadway, and Standards at Bella Restaurant in Redwood Shores, presents Neapolitan Standards at Nicolino's Garden Restaurant in Sunnyvale, and on radio and in recital, performs Oratorio and Concert Literature of the 17th through 20th centuries.

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Here are some of Leland's performances with OLO: