Voice: | Soprano |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Year of Birth: | Not entered yet. |
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.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 Salzburger Festspiele 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), Glyndebourne Festival as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Händel-Festpiele 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.
Layla Claire's repertoire includes: