Richard Leech is an American tenor, born in Binghamton, California in 1956. At first he sang baritone roles, but, when a student, successfully took on the title rôle in Offenbach's Tales from Hoffmann, one of the most challenging tenor roles in the operatic repertoire.
In 1990 he sang Gounod's Faust at the The Met, having first sung it at San Diego in 1988. His repertoire also includes Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor, and the Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto
As a concert performer he has sung in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Verdi's Requiem.