Layla Claire
Canadian opera singer
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| Intro | Canadian opera singer | |
| Places | Canada | |
| is | Singer Opera singer | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Birth | Penticton |
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Biography
Layla Claire is a Canadian soprano opera singer. She was born in Penticton, British Columbia. She is a graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist at the Metropolitan Opera, where she made her debut as Tebaldo in Don Carlos in 2010. She studied at Université de Montréal and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009.
Operatic Repertoire
Layla Claire's repertoire includes:
- Countess, The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
- Pamina, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Sandrina, La finta giardiniera(Mozart)
- Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte (Mozart)
- Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Mozart)
- Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
- Governess, The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
- Blanche, Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc)
- Anne Trulove, The Rake's Progress (Stravinksy)
- Tusnelda, Arminio (Handel)
Awards
- 2010 The Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award.
- 2008 Mozart Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition
- 2008 Queen Elisabeth Competition Laureate
- 2007 Britten-Pears Young Artist
- CBC Radio-Canada Jeunes Artistes recital winner
- J. Desmarais Foundation Bursaries
- Canada Council Grant
- Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium Laureat: Layla Claire
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Artist biography: Layla Claire