Brian Leerhuber has been praised as an artist of outstanding promise in opera, recital and orchestral concerts. In addition to his recent Houston Grand Opera debut as Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale conducted by Patrick Summers and directed by James Robinson, he made his debut as Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos at Tulsa Opera and returns to the company later that season as the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro. In the summer of 2005, he performed the title role in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in a new production for his debut at Santa Fe Opera. In the 2006/07 season, he created the role of Tom Joad in Ricky Ian Gordon's The Grapes of Wrath at Minnesota Opera with subsequent performances at Utah Opera. The role marked his debut at both theaters. He also made his San Francisco Opera debut as Falke in Die Fledermaus conducted by Donald Runnicles.

The summer of 2004 found Mr. Leerhuber in the title role of Der Kaiser von Atlantis with Cincinnati Opera under Patrick Summers and at the Spoleto, Italy Festival under James Conlon. Mr. Leerhuber also had an intense 2004/05 season, which began with the role of Breedley in the world premiere of William Bolcom's A Wedding at Lyric Opera of Chicago. This production was directed by acclaimed film director Robert Altman and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. Later in the season, he sang Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro with Austin Lyric Opera as well as Marcello in La Boheme in Billings, Montana. He also sang 'Kaiser' for his debut with the Concert Association of Florida under Conlon.

A Los Angeles native, Mr. Leerhuber is a winner of the 2003 Sullivan Foundation Award and a former member of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. He made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as the Novice's Friend in Billy Budd and then went on to appear as Papageno in the student matinee cast of Die Zauberflöte, as the Marchese in La Traviata, as Silvano in Un Ballo in Maschera, and as Sharpless in the student matinee cast of Madama Butterfly. Mr. Leerhuber was also a Young Artist in Residence with the Juilliard Opera Center, where he performed in productions of The Rape of Lucretia (Tarquinius) and Gluck's Armide (Hidraôt). As Principal Baritone for Opera San Jose for two seasons, he sang the roles of Don Giovanni, Papageno, Danilo, Mercutio, Nick Shadow, Enrico (Lucia), Slim (Of Mice and Men) and Poeta (Il Turco in Italia). He has appeared with Festival Opera of Walnut Creek to great critical acclaim as Schaunard and both the Mozart and Rossini Figaros. At the Music Academy of the West, he sang in Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims (Don Alvaro) and Le Nozze di Figaro (Conte).

Other past engagements include appearances with the Santa Fe Opera, Eugene Opera, Rimrock Opera, Rogue Opera, Monterey Symphony, Northwest Indiana Symphony, San Francisco Concert Chorale, Racine Symphony, Opera Buffs and the Berkeley Opera - singing the role of Eumee in the West Coast premiere of Faure's Penelope. In the summer of 2003, Mr. Leerhuber made his European operatic debut in France at the Lyrique en Mer festival as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Schaunard.

An accomplished recitalist, Mr. Leerhuber has performed for the Marilyn Horne Foundation in the Sixth Annual Birthday Concert at Lincoln Center, as well as in a solo recital at the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City, and Foundation sponsored recitals in Tyler, Texas and Carmel, California. Other recital credits include the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Alice Tully Hall, the Bank of Brazil Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro, Ravinia, University of Illinois at Chicago, Appalachian Music Festival, Cleveland Art Song Festival, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, several Sundays At Four concerts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (broadcast live over KUSC Radio), and a staged version of Wolf's Italianisches Liederbuch, directed by Frank Corsaro.

Mr. Leerhuber graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, where he performed the roles of Papageno, Testo (Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda) and Riccardo in a concert version of I Puritani conducted by Plácido Domingo. He currently makes his home in San Francisco.