Laura Claycomb
Native Texan
Laura Claycomb, known for her delicacy, refinement and theatricality in high-flying repertoire, is one of the world's foremost lyric coloraturas. Following concurrent degrees in Music and Foreign Languages at Southern Methodist University and a subsequent apprenticeship with San Francisco Opera, Laura Claycomb burst onto European stages as Giulietta in "I Capuleti e I Montecchi" in Geneva, reprising it with Paris Bastille, Los Angeles Opera and Munich Radio Orchestra. Laura Claycomb has taken stages worldwide by storm as Rigoletto's Gilda (Bastille, Houston Grand Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Pittsburgh Opera, New Israeli Opera, Lausanne Opera, Bilbao, Santiago de Chile), Giulio Cesare's Cleopatra (Houston, Drottningholm, Montpellier), and the Donizetti heroines "Linda di Chamounix"(La Scala), Lucia di Lammermoor (Houston, Tel Aviv, Seoul, Moscow) and La Fille du Régiment (San Francisco Opera, Turin, Houston, Rome.) Other signature roles include Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos" (San Francisco, Los Angeles), Anne Trulove in "The Rake's Progress" (Brussels, Lyon), Amanda in "Le Grand Macabre" (Salzburg Festival, Paris Chatelet); Morgana in "Alcina" (English National Opera), Comtesse Adèle in "Le comte Ory" (Lausanne Opera), Ophelie in "Hamlet" (Trieste) and the creation of Queen Wealtheow in Goldenthal's "Grendel" (Los Angeles, Lincoln Center Festival.) A favorite with top conductors and orchestras, Claycomb enjoys a busy concert and recital schedule, as well. Her recordings include Mahler's Fourth Symphony with Michael Tilson-Thomas and San Francisco Symphony, "Le Grand Macabre" with Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony), "Handel's Arcadian Duets" with Emmanuëlle Haïm (Virgin Veritas), "Sir John in Love" with Richard Hickox (Chandos), two recordings of Berlioz's "Benvenuto Cellini" with Sir Roger Norrington (Hanssler) and Sir Colin Davis (LSO Live), and numerous recordings on the Opera Rara label.
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