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Laura Claycomb is a Lyric Coloratura Soprano . She gained international attention for the first time in 1994 after stepping in at the last minute to perform Giulietta in ''''' I Capuleti Ed I Montecchi ''''' with Geneva Opera . This role was also the vehicle of debut at the Paris Bastille , with the Munich Radio Orchestra and Los Angeles Opera . Another of her roles is Gilda in '' Rigoletto '', which she has performed at Canadian Opera Company , Opera De Lausanne , Opera Bastille , Pittsburgh Opera , New Israeli Opera , Teatro Municipal De Santiago De Chile , Bilbao and Houston Grand Opera . Her Lucia at Houston Grand Opera "literally catapulted the opening night audience to its feet with her creativity and versatility." ( Don Moser , Houston Voice ). Other notable roles have been her first '' Lucia Di Lammermoor '', ''''' Linda Di Chamounix '''''; Comtesse Adele in ''''' Le Comte Ory ''''', Cleopatra in ''''' Giulio Cesare '''''; Morgana in ''''' Alcina '''''; Olympia in ''''' Les Contes D'Hoffmann ''''', and Ophelie in ''''' Hamlet '''''. She got her start at San Francisco Opera where she held an Adler Fellowship , singing roles such as Xenia in '' Boris Godonov '', Papagena in ''''' Die Zauberflöte ''''', Duchesse Medina-Sidonia in Milhaud's ''''' Christoph Colombe ''''', Marie in ''''' La Fille Du Régiment ''''' and Fiakermilli in ''''' Arabella ''''' . Her role-debut of Zerbinetta in ''''' Ariadne Auf Naxos ''''' was the vehicle of her return to San Francisco Opera in 2002. She reprised the role at the Richard-Strauss-Festspiele in Garmisch with Ulf Schirmer and at Los Angeles Opera . Following her European debut in Geneva , she sang Marie at Turin's Teatro Regio in Luca Ronconi 's production and again as Ismene in Graham Vick 's production of '' Mitridate, Re Di Ponto ''. She followed with Princess Rezia in Haydn 's ''''' L'Incontro Improvviso ''''' for L'Opera De Nice and L'Opera De Bordeaux , and Serpetta in Mozart 's ''''' La Finta Giardiniera ''''' at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with Patrick Summers conducting. After her debut at La Scala in the title role of '' Linda Di Chamounix '', she sang Marie in Rome and her first Sophie in Keith Warner 's production of ''''' Der Rosenkavalier ''''' at the Spoleto Festival in Italy . Other appearances include her role-debut at L'Opera De Lausanne as Adina in ''''' L'Elisir D'amore '''''' and as Konstanze in ''''' Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail ''''' with Vlaamse Opera , a role she reprised at the Berlin Staatsoper . In the Baroque style, she has sung with some of the world's most renowned early music conductors and ensembles. She sang Cleopatra in Handel 's '' Giulio Cesare '' in Montpellier , Drusilla in Monteverdi 's ''''' L'Incoronazione Di Poppea ''''' at the Netherlands Opera , and Fedra in Traetta 's ''''' Ippolito Ed Aricia ''''' in Montpellier with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques . She reprised the role of Cleopatra for the Drottningholm Festival with Roy Goodman conducting and more recently at Houston Grand Opera with music director Patrick Summers . With Richard Hickox , Ms. Claycomb debuted the role of Morgana in ''''' Alcina '''''' at English National Opera . With Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens Du Louvre , she debuted the role of Ginevra in ''''' Ariodante ''''' at L'Opera Garnier in Paris ; Ms. Claycomb reprised the role in Munich with Harry Bickett . Ms. Claycomb also has a close relationship with Baroque conductor Emmanuelle Haïm , and performed varied French and Italian Baroque repertoire with Haïm on tour in the United States ( St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and New World Symphony ) and with her group Le Concert D'Astrée at the Aldeburgh Festival , in Paris , on tour in France , and on BBC Radio . Her first recording collaboration with Haïm is " Händel 's Arcadian duets" on Virgin Veritas/EMI . In modern music, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in Peter Sellar 's new production of Ligeti 's '' Le Grand Macabre '', reprising the role of Amanda in the same production at the Paris Châtelet . She can be heard on the Grammy-nominated recording of '' Le Grand Macabre '' for Sony with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. Concerts of Humperdinck 's ''''' Hänsel Und Gretel ''''' (role debut as Gretel ) with the London Symphony Orchestra , Copland 's ''''' The Tender Land ''''' (role debut as Laurie Moss ), ''''' The Rake's Progress ''''' (role debut as Ann Truelove ) all at London 's Barbican , as well as Mistress Page in Vaughan-Williams ' ''''' Sir John In Love ''''' in Newcastle with the Northern Sinfonia and its recording for Chandos are some highlights of her operatic collaboration with conductor Richard Hickox . Ms. Claycomb debuted Cunegonde in ''''' Candide ''''' at Opera Pacific with John Demain . In concert music, with Esa-Pekka Salonen , she has sung Debussy 's '' Le Martyre De St. Sebastien '' ( Angel ) with the Swedish Radio Orchestra and Mendelssohn 's ''''' A Midsummer Night's Dream '''''' with the Los Angeles Philharmonic . Ms. Claycomb sang the world-premiere of Salonen 's ''''' Five Fragments After Sappho ''''' with the composer conducting at the Ojai Festival , with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles , with the London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , and with Ensemble Sospeso at Carnegie Hall . She reprised the Sappho songs with Ensemble Modern in Japan on a program including Stravinsky 's ''''' Japanese Lyrics ''''' and ''''' Balmont Songs ''''' with Dominique My conducting. She was the soprano soloist in '' Carmina Burana '' at the re-opening gala of the Blossom Festival with the Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst conducting, again in the ''''' Messiah ''''' again with Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall , and returned with Pierre Boulez for the title role of Stravinsky 's ''''' Rossignol '''''. With Sir Roger Norrington and the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra , Ms. Claycomb has made tours as Teresa in Berlioz 's ''''' Benvenuto Cellini '''''' and as the soprano soloist in Vaughan Williams ' ''''' A Sea Symphony '''''. With the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson-Thomas , she sang concerts of Schoenberg 's ''''' Herzgewächse ''''' and Toch 's ''''' Chinesische Flöte ''''', concerts and a recording of Mahler 's ''''' Fourth Symphony ''''' for San Francisco Symphony 's own label, and concerts of Strauss ' ''''' Brentano Lieder '''''. With Andrew Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra , Ms. Claycomb sang Mahler 's ''''' Second Symphony '''''. Her collaboration in concert with Richard Hickox also includes '' class="copylinks">Grainger ''''' At The [[BBC Proms , Vaughan-Williams ' ''''' A Sea Symphony ''''' at the Gulbenkian in Lisbon , a stunning Haydn ''''' Creation ''''' at the Spoleto Festival and Handel 's ''''' Messiah ''''' with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra . In London 's Royal Albert Hall , she sang a Mozart program including '' Der Schauspieldirektor '' with Ivan Fischer and the Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment , which was also broadcast on BBC Radio . On another all-Mozart program in Switzerland , Ms. Claycomb was the feature, singing a program of 6 concert arias with the Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne and conductor Jonathan Darlington . She appeared as Madame Silberklang in '' Der Schauspieldirektor '' with the Munich Radio Orchestra and Sebastian Weigle . Ms. Claycomb also performed Beethoven 's rarely-heard oratorio ''''' Christus Am Ölberg ''''' with the Flemish Opera Orchestra and Ivan Törz . She sang her first Brahms '' Requiem '' at the Teatro Lirico Di Cagliari with Gerard Korsten , a concert of bel canto excerpts with John Demain and Opera Pacific as well as at the Lanaudiere Festival with Yannick Nezet-Sequin , and was the feature of New Year's concerts with Vlaamse Opera , with George Pehlavanian conducting. With an avid interest in recital repertoire, Chamber Music , and neglected composers, she combines this music into her recital schedule with pianists Roger Vignoles , Peter Grunberg and Iain Burnside . In past years, Ms. Claycomb reprised Messiaen 's '' Chants De Terre Et De Ciel '' with Grunberg on "Cal Performances" to rave reviews, as well performing three world-premieres at One World Theater in Austin on a chamber concert with Nina Kotova , Jose Feghali , and Ron Neal . Her recitals have taken her from San Francisco , to Chicago , San Antonio , Houston , Brussels , Bruges (Concertgebouw), the Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona , Italy and a BBC Voices recital on English radio. Her most recent recital at the Monnaie Opera House with Burnside was received enthusiastically in Brussels . She has also won the Silver Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1994, the Operetta Prize at the Belvedere Competition in Vienna in 1992 and First Prize in the National Opera Association Competition in 1992. A native Texan, she studied with Barbara Hill Moore at Southern Methodist University , where she received degrees in both Vocal Performance and Foreign Languages; she currently studies with Norma Newton . She makes her home in Belgium . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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