Layla Claire
Layla Claire (born Penticton, British Columbia) is an Canadian soprano opera singer. She is a Lindemann Young Artist at the Metropolitan Opera, where she made her debut as Tebaldo in Don Carlos in 2010.[1][2] She studied at Université de Montréal and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009.[3]
Awards
- 2010 The Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award.
- 2008 Mozart Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition
- 2008 Queen Elisabeth Competition Laureate[4]
- 2007 Britten-Pears Young Artist
- CBC Radio-Canada Jeunes Artistes recital winner
- J. Desmarais Foundation Bursaries
- Canada Council Grant[5]
References
External links
- Artist's website
- Artist biography on IMG Artists
- Video clip: Layla Claire Rehearses with James Levine from James Levine: America's Maestro, PBS, May 2011
- Reviews
- "Levine leads superb young cast in a winning “Bartered Bride” at Juilliard", The Classical Review, George Loomis, February 17, 2011
- "Kalmar, Grant Park forces deliver electrifying account of Dvorak Requiem", Chicago Classical Review, Lawrence A. Johnson, August 14, 2010
- "The Bartered Bride, New York", Opera Today, John Yohalem, 22 February 2011
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