"Claycomb, from Texas, might well be the major vocal sensation of the post-Renée Fleming generation." - Wes Blomster, Musical America

Soprano Laura Claycomb enchants in adventurous repertoire, ranging from baroque music and belcanto masterpieces to contemporary creations. Her delicacy, refinement and theatricality in high-flying repertoire has defined her career as the leading American lyric coloratura.
 Ms. Claycomb appears in leading roles in such well-renowned opera houses as La Scala, Houston Grand Opera, Paris Bastille, Paris Garnier, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Munich Opera, Salzburg Festival, Paris Chatelet, Théâtre de la Monnaie, Berlin Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera as well as being sought after by top orchestras like the London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ensemble Modern, and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra.

Ms. Claycomb has collaborated with such diverse conductors as Roberto Abbado, Ivor Bolton, Pierre Boulez, Bruno Campanella, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Theodor Currentsis, Jonathan Darlington, Andrew Davis, Colin Davis, John DeMain, Ivan Fischer, Patrick Fournillier, Lionel Friend, Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos, Roy Goodman, Emmanuelle Haïm, Richard Hickox, Michael Hofstetter, Alexander Lazariev, Jun Märkl, Marc Minkowski, Franz Welser-Möst, Kent Nagano, Kazushi Ono, Daniel Oren, Jean-Yves Ossonce, David Parry, Evelino Pidò, Stefano Ranzani, Carlo Rizzi, Christophe Rousset, Donald Runnicles, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Sloane, Patrick Summers, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Roberto Tolomelli, Emmanuel Villaume, and stage directors Pierre Audi, Robert Carsen, John Copley, John Cox, August Everding, William Friedkin, Nicolas Joël, Denis Krief, Jorge Lavelli, Mark Lamos, Robert LePage, David MacVicar, Leon Major, Lotfi Mansouri, Lorenzo Mariani, Italo Nunziata, Renato Palumbo, David Pountney, James Robinson, Luca Ronconi, Emilio Sagi, Peter Sellars, Julie Taymor, Stefano Vizzioli and Keith Warner.