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Laura Claycomb

Soprano

ROLE OPERA (Composer) THEATRE (CONDUCTOR/DIRECTOR)
Giulietta I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) Grand Théâtre de Genève (B. Campanella/R. Carsen), Opéra Bastille (E. Pidò/R. Carsen), Bayerisches Rundfunkorkester (R. Abbado), Los Angeles Opera (R. Hickox/T. Steingraber)
Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) New Israeli Opera(D. Parry/D. Pountney)
Marie La fille du régiment (Donizetti) San Francisco Opera (P. Summers/L.), Teatro Regio di Torino (B. Campanella/L. Ronconi), Opera di Roma (S. Ranzani/E. Sagi)
Cleopatra Giulio Cesare (Händel) Opéra de Montpellier (C. Rousset/W. Decker), Drottningholm Festival (R. Goodman/D. Radok)
Gilda Rigoletto (Verdi) Opéra de Lausanne (M. Valdez/L. Mariani), New Israeli Opera (Tolomelli/D. Pountney), Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile (S. Vizioli/M. Veltri), Opera de la Bastille (Rizzi;Villaume/Savary); Bilbao - A.B.A.O. (R. Tolomelli/I. Nunziata)
Linda Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti) Teatro della Scala (R. Abbado/A. Everding)
Comtesse Adele Le Comte Ory (Rossini) Opéra de Lausanne (E. Pidò/D. Krief)
Amanda Le Grand Macabre (G. Ligeti) Salzburg Festival, Opéra de Chatelet (E. Salonen/P. Sellars)
Olympia Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) Vlaamse Opera (J-C. Casadesus/D. MacVicar)
Ann Truelove The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) Barbican (R. Hickox)
Rezia L'Incontro improvviso (Haydn) Opéra de Nice, Opera de Bordeaux (J. Darlington/J-L. Thamin)
Fedra Ippolito ed Aricia (Traetta) Opera de Montpellier (C. Rousset/G. de Montecelli)
Drusilla L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi) Nederlands Opera (C. Rousset/P. Audi)
Ginevra Ariodante (Handel) Paris Garnier (M. Minkowski/ J. Lavelli)
Serpetta La finta giardiniera (Mozart) Washington Opera (P. Summers/M. Lamos)
Ismene Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mozart) Teatro Regio di Torino (E. Pidò/G. Vick)
Laurie The Tender Land (Copland) Barbican (R. Hickox)
Dalinda Ariodante (Händel) San Francisco Opera (P. Summers/C. Hahn)
Duchesse/Angel Christoph Colombe (Milhaud) San Francisco Opera (K. Nagano/L. Mansouri)
Adina L'Elisir d'amore (Donizetti) Opéra di Lausanne (J. Darlington/S. Vizioli)
Norina Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Glimmerglass Festival (J. Rescigno/L. Major), New York City (/L. Major) Opera
Fiakermilli Arabella (Strauss) San Francisco Opera (D. Runnicles/)
Mistress Page Sir John in Love (Vaughan-Williams) Northern Symphonia (R. Hickox)

FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Gilda - Rigoletto {Houston Grand Opera, 2001} Zerbinetta - Ariadne auf Naxos {San Francisco Opera, 2002}
Gretel - Hansel and Gretel {in concert, London Symphony Orchestra, 2001}

ROLES PREPARED

Amina - La Sonnabula Pamina - Die Zauberflöte
Feu - L'Enfant et les Sortilêges (Ravel) Servilia - La Clemenza di Tito
Cecile - Dangerous Liaisons (C. Susa) Lauretta - Gianni Schicchi

WORKS IN PROGRESS OPERA (COMPOSER)
Angel St. François d'Assise (O. Messiaen)
Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart)
Poppea L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi)
Ilia Idomeneo (Mozart)
Clemence L'Amour de loin (Sariaaho)
Lakmé Lakmé (Delibes)
Manon Manon (Massenet)
Constance Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc)
Juliette Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)
Ophelie Hamlet (A. Thomas)
Romilda Xerxes - Serse (Handel)
Atalanta Xerxes - Serse (Handel)
Fiorilla Il turco in Italia (Rossini)
Hero Beatrice et Bénedict (Berlioz)
Oscar Un Ballo in maschera (Verdi)
Nannetta Falstaff (Verdi)

CONCERT REPERTOIRE

Thomas Arne - "The Morning" for chamber orchestra
Bach - Magnificat (Masterworks Chorale 1992); Cantatas (BWV 21, 187, 210, coffee, wedding); B minor Mass
Beethoven - Christus am Olberge op. 85
Brahms - German Requiem (Gérard Korsten, Cagliari, 2000)
Chausson - Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer
Debussy - Le Martyre de St. Sebastian (Esa-Pekka Salonen June 1999)
Handel - Messiah {Richard Hickox, San Francisco Symphony 1993}; chamber duets
Haydn - Die Jahreszeiten, 3rd Lord Nelson Mass, Creation (Richard Hickox, 2000), Bflat major mass
Mahler - Symphony #4
Mozart - C Minor Mass; Schauspieldirektor (Ivan Fischer, 1997); Requiem; concert arias (Jonathan Darlington, 1998); Exultate, jubilate; Coronation Mass; Solemn Vespers
Orff - Carmina Burana (John Miner, 1994)
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
Poulenc - Gloria (Masterworks Chorale 1993), Stabat Mater
Purcell - Ode to St. Cecilia
Rachmaninoff - Vocalise
John Rutter - Requiem
E-P. Salonen - Five Images After Sappho (World Premiere with Esa-Pekka Salonen Ojai Festival 1999, London Sinfonietta 1999, Los Angeles Philharmonic 2000, Weill Hall - Ensemble Sospeso 2001; with Dominique My and Ensemble Modern at Tokyo Opera City 2000)
A. Scarlatti - Vespero di Santa Caecilia
Strauss - Brentano Lieder, 4 Last Songs
Schubert - Mass in G (Masterworks Chorale, 1993)
Ralph Vaughn-Williams - Serenade to Music; A Sea Symphony (Richard Hickox, Gulbenkian 2000)
Vivaldi -Gloria, cantatas RV129, RV157
Training
Recordings/Competitions
Special Skills/Languages
Excellent spoken Italian and French; good spoken Spanish; fair spoken German. Studied some Dutch, Japanese, and Russian.

Agent (USA)

Alison Pybus
IMG Artists
825 7th Avenue, 8th floor
New York, NY 10019 USA
telephone: (1) 212/489-8300
Fax: (1) 212/246-1596

Agent (worldwide)

Tom Graham/Julia Maynard
IMG, Lovell House
610 Chiswick High Road
London, U.K. W4 5RX
phone: (44) 208/ 233-5802
fax: (44) 208/ 742-8758 or (44) 208/233-5801

 

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