Layla Claire

Layla Claire
Layla Claire outside the Metropolitan Opera, May 2015.
Born	Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Opera singer (soprano)
Website	laylaclaire.com

Layla Claire is a Canadian soprano opera singer. She was born in Penticton, British Columbia. She is a Lindemann Young Artist at the Metropolitan Opera, where she made her debut as Tebaldo in Don Carlos in 2010.^[1][2] She studied at Université de Montréal and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009.^[3]

Awards

• 2010 The Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award.
• 2008 Mozart Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition
• 2008 Queen Elisabeth Competition Laureate^[4]
• 2007 Britten-Pears Young Artist
• CBC Radio-Canada Jeunes Artistes recital winner
• J. Desmarais Foundation Bursaries
• Canada Council Grant^[5]

References

Citations

1. McFarlane, Matthew (May 4, 2011) "From Costco to the Met: Meet Layla Claire". CBC Radio 2
2. Metropolitan Opera (2010/2011 Season) Artist biography: Layla Claire
3. Curtis Institute of Music (April 2010). "Press release: Soprano Layla Claire Replaces Michael Schade on the Alumni Recital Series"
4. Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium Laureat: Layla Claire
5. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Artist biography: Layla Claire

External links

• Layla Claire official website
• Layla Claire biography at IMG Artists
• Video clip: Layla Claire Rehearses with James Levine from James Levine: America's Maestro, PBS, May 2011
• "Levine leads superb young cast in a winning “Bartered Bride” at Juilliard", The Classical Review, George Loomis, February 17, 2011
• "Kalmar, Grant Park forces deliver electrifying account of Dvorak Requiem", Chicago Classical Review, Lawrence A. Johnson, August 14, 2010
• "The Bartered Bride, New York", Opera Today, John Yohalem, 22 February 2011