Layla Claire

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 Verdi's Don Carlos in 2010.McFarlane, Matthew (May 4, 2011) [http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/sato/2011/05/04/i-can-sing-clairely-now---meet-layla-claire/ "From Costco to the Met: Meet Layla Claire"]. CBC Radio 2Metropolitan Opera (2010/2011 Season) [http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/bio.aspx?id=7320&type=1 Artist biography: Layla Claire] She studied at Université de Montréal and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009.Curtis Institute of Music (April 2010). [http://www.curtis.edu/about-curtis/press-media-room/news-archive/2010/soprano-layla-claire-replaces-michael-schade-on-alumni-recital-series.html "Press release: Soprano Layla Claire Replaces Michael Schade on the Alumni Recital Series"]

She was awarded the Prix des Amis d'Aix-en-Provence for best Mozart performance for her 2012 European debut as Sandrina ('La finta giardiniera) and has since made acclaimed debuts at the Salzburg Festival as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Opernhaus Zürich as the Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Washington National Opera as Blanche de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites), Canadian Opera Company as Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe as Tusnelda (Arminio), and returned to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera as Anne Truelove (The Rake's Progress). Ms. Claire has worked with major conductors including Tilson-Thomas, Nézet-Séguin, Haitink, Langrée and Hrůša in works by Mahler, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart and Dvořák. She sang Cathy in the French stage premiere of Herrmann's Wuthering Heights in Nancy in May 2019 conducted by Jacques Lacombe.Dupuy, Emmanuel. Psychose - Les Hauts de Hurlevent de Herrmann, Nancy, Opéra, le 5 mai. Diapason, June 2019, No.680, p64.

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• 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 (Stravinsky)
• Tusnelda, Arminio (Handel)

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• 2010 The Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award.
• 2008 Mozart Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition
• 2008 Queen Elisabeth Competition LaureateQueen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium

[http://www.cmireb.be/nl/i/888-Layla_CLAIRE.html Laureat: Layla Claire]

• 2007 Britten-Pears Young Artist
• 2013 Virginia Parker Prize
• CBC Radio-Canada Jeunes Artistes recital winner
• J. Desmarais Foundation Bursaries
• Canada Council GrantAtlanta Symphony Orchestra. [http://www.atlantasymphony.org/Aso/TheMusic/Artist.aspx?performer=Layla-Claire Artist biography: Layla Claire]

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• [https://laylaclaire.com/ Layla Claire] official website
• [http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=985 Layla Claire] biography at IMG Artists
• [https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/james-levine-americas-maestro/clip-layla-claire-rehearses-with-james-levine/1831/ Video clip: Layla Claire Rehearses with James Levine] from James Levine: America's Maestro, PBS, May 2011
• [http://theclassicalreview.com/2011/02/levine-leads-superb-young-cast-in-a-winning-bartered-bride-at-juilliard/ "Levine leads superb young cast in a winning “Bartered Bride” at Juilliard"], The Classical Review, George Loomis, February 17, 2011
• [http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2010/08/kalmar-grant-park-forces-deliver-electrifying-account-of-dvorak-requiem/ "Kalmar, Grant Park forces deliver electrifying account of Dvorak Requiem"], Chicago Classical Review, Lawrence A. Johnson, August 14, 2010
• [http://www.operatoday.com/content/2011/02/the_bartered_br.php "The Bartered Bride, New York"], Opera Today, John Yohalem, February 22, 2011

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