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Laura Anne Ayres - Soprano

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CURRENT & UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS

Euridice

Orfeo ed Euridice

La Camera di Milano

2008

Oratorio

Jake Heggie The Deepest Desire

Nashville Symphony Orchestra

2008

Soprano

Verdi Quattro Pezzi

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

2008

Soprano

Transfigured Nights Series

Dallas, TX

2008

Guest Artist

Holiday Show

Northern Pennsylvania Philharmonic

2008

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PRESS ACCLAIM

 
As Soloist The Nashville Symphony:
 

"Up-and-coming soprano Laura Anne Ayres sings the words in Heggie's 'The Deepest Desire' with the kind of mature, rich phrasing and sound that few young singers possess. She's also good at combining her lovely voice with physical gestures to tell the stories these songs relate, such as when Sister Helen's nun's veil catches fire one day while she is teaching a fourth-grade religion class."

Evans Donnell - The Tennessean - Sep 26, 2008

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OPERATIC REPERTOIRE

Britten

Albert Herring

Mum

1

Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice

Euridice

1

Heggie

At the Statue of Venus

Rose

2

 

Dead Man Walking

Sister Helen

2

Lehar

The Merry Widow

Olga

1

Menotti

The Old Maid and the Thief

Miss Pinkerton

1

Monteverdi

L'Incoronazione di Poppea

Drusilla

1

Mozart

Così Fan Tutte

Fiordiligi

1

 

Don Giovanni

Donna Elvira

2

 

Le Nozze di Figaro

Contessa Almaviva

1

 

Die Zauberflöte

First Lady

2

 

 

Second Lady

2

 

 

Pamina

2

Puccini

La Bohème

Musetta

1

 

 

Mimì

1

 

Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta

2

 

Suor Angelica

Suor Angelica

2

Ravel

L'Enfant et Les Sortileges

"Squirrel"

1

 

 

"Chiffre"

1

 

 

"Rat"

1

Scarlatti

Il Primo Omicidio

Eve

1

Strauss

Elektra

Fifth Maid

1

Wagner

Die WalkÜre

Sieglinde

2

Weill

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Jenny

2

Weber

Otello

Desdemona

2

1

performed

2

completely prepared or covered

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EXPERIENCE IN OPERA

Contessa

Le Nozze di Figaro

Opera Ischia, Ischia, Italy

2007

Olga

The Merry Widow

Dallas Opera

2007

Drusilla

L'Incoronazione di Poppea

La Musica Lirica Young Artist Program, Novafeltria, Italy

2005

Contessa

Le Nozze di Figaro

La Musica Lirica Young Artist Program, Novafeltria, Italy

2005

Euridice

Orfeo ed Euridice

La Camera di Milano International Institute of Vocal Arts, Chiari, Italy

2004

Musetta

La Boheme

IIVA, Chiari, Italy

2004

Miss Pinkteron

The Old Maid and the Thief

New York City

2004

Contessa

Le Nozze di Figaro

Southern Methodist, Dallas, TX

2003

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EXPERIENCE IN CONCERT & ORATORIO

Bach Cantatas 61 and 140

Transfigured Nights Series, Dallas, TX

2007

Beethoven 9

NEPA Philharmonic, Cities in PA

2007

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem,
Bach B Minor Mass and Britten Te Deum

Highlander Concert Series, Dallas, TX

2002, 2003 & 2006

Jake Heggie's Winter Roses

Bruno Walter Theatre at Lincoln Center (NYC premiere)

2006

Zach Abrahmson's Remembrance

Bruno Walter Theatre at Lincoln Center (world premiere)
(written for Miss Ayres by composer)

2006

Magnificat

Bach Masterworks Series of St. Andrew's, New York City

2005

Alessandro Scarlatti's Il Primo Omicidio (Eve)

Manhattan School of Music (NYC premiere)

2005

Mozart Requiem and Mendelssohn Lobgesang

Tour with the Dallas Symphony Chorus
Munich, Vienna, Prague, and Budapest

2004

Jackson Henry's Seven Last Words

Dallas, TX (world premiere)
(written for Miss Ayres by composer)

2003

Randol Bass's A Savior is Born

Highlander Concert Series (world premiere)
(written for Miss Ayres by composer)

2000

Keith Weber's Canticle of the Sun

Voices of Change (world premiere)

2000

Lowell Liebermann's Second Symphony

Dallas Symphony Orchestra (world premiere)

2000

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EDUCATION & TRAINING

Manhattan School of Music

Professional Studies

2006-2007

Manhattan School of Music

Master of Music, vocal performance

2003-2005

Southern Methodist University

Bachelor of Music, vocal performance

2000-2003

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