Laura Claycomb
Soprano
ROLE | OPERA (Composer) | THEATRE (CONDUCTOR/DIRECTOR) |
Giulietta | I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) | Grand Théâtre de Genève (Bruno Campanella/Robert Carsen), Opéra Bastille (Evalino Pidó/Robert Carsen), Bayerisches Rundfunkorkester (concert — Roberto Abbado), Los Angeles Opera (Richard Hickox/Thor Steingraber), Pittsburgh Opera (Anthony Walker/Thor Steingraber) |
Lucia | Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) | New Israeli Opera(David Parry/David Pountney, Daniel Oren/Emilio Sagi), Houston Grand Opera (Patrick Summers/James Robinson), Seoul Arts Center (/Filippo Sanjust), Moscow Tchaikovsky Hall (concert — Patrick Summers), Pittsburgh Opera (Walker/Robinson) |
Marie | La fille du régiment (Donizetti) | San Francisco Opera (Patrick Summers/L. Mansouri), Teatro Regio di Torino (Bruno Campanella/Luca Ronconi), Opera di Roma (Stefano Ranzani/Emilio Sagi), Houston Grand Opera (Patrick Summers/Emilio Sagi) |
Cleopatra | Giulio Cesare (Händel) | Opéra de Montpellier (Christophe Rousset/Willy Decker), Drottningholm Festival (Roy Goodman/David Radok), Houston Grand Opera (Patrick Summers/James Robinson) |
Gilda | Rigoletto (Verdi) | Opéra de Lausanne (Maximiano Valdez/Lorenzo Mariani), New Israeli Opera (Roberto Tolomelli/David Pountney), Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile (Stefano Vizioli/Maximiliano Veltri), Opera de la Bastille (Carlo Rizzi;Emmanuel Villaume/Jerome Savary); Bilbao — A.B.A.O. (Roberto Tolomelli/Italo Nunziata), Houston Grand Opera (Frank Corsaro/Patrick Summers), Canadian Opera (Adrian Osmond/J. Kovatchev), Pittsburgh Opera (Sandra Bernhard/Richard Buckley), Dallas Opera (Harry Silverstein/Pietro Rizzo), Teatro Verdi di Salerno (Canessa/Oren) |
Linda | Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti) | Teatro della Scala (Stefano Ranzani, Adam Fischer/August Everding) |
Zerbinetta | Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss) | San Francisco Opera (Jun Märkel/John Cox), Richard-Strauss-Festspiele (Ulf Schirmer), Los Angeles Opera (William Friedkin/Laurent Pillot) |
Comtesse Adele | Le Comte Ory (Rossini) | Opéra de Lausanne (Evalino Pidò/Denis Krief) |
Amanda | Le Grand Macabre (Gyorgy Ligeti) | Salzburg Festival & Opéra de Chatelet (Esa-Pekka Salonen/Peter Sellars) |
Konstanze | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) | Vlaamse Opera (Arnold Östman/Tim Albery), Staatsoper Berlin (Sebastian Weigle/David Mouchtar-Samorai) |
Queen of the Night | Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) | Bregenz Festival (Patrick Summers/David Pountney) |
Amina | La Sonnabula (Bellini) | Bolshoi Theater Moscow (PierLuigi Pizzi/Enrique Mazzola) |
Donna Anna | Don Giovanni (Mozart) | Dallas Opera (Emmanuelle Villaume/Robert Falls) |
Amina | La Sonnabula (Bellini) | Bolshoi Theater Moscow (PierLuigi Pizzi/Enrique Mazzola) |
Ophelie | Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) | Trieste Opera (Jean-Yves Ossonce/Nicholas Joëel), Moscow Svetlanov Orchestra (Benjamin Pionnier) |
Queen Wealtheow | Grendel (Elliot Goldenthal) | Los Angeles Opera & Lincoln Center Festival (Steven Sloan/ Julie Taymor) |
Olympia | Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) | Vlaamse Opera (Jean-Claude Casadesus/David MacVicar) |
Ann Truelove | The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky) | Barbican (concert — Richard Hickox), Théâtre de la Monnaie (Kazushi Ono/Robert LePage), Opéra de Lyon (Alexander Lazarev/Robert LePage), Opéra de Paris Garnier (Ed Gardner/Olivier Py) |
Gretel | Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) | Barbican — London Symphony Orchestra (concert — Richard Hickox) |
Ilia | Idomeneo (Mozart) | Houston Grand Opera (Patrick Summers/Moffett Oxenbould) |
Romilda | Xerxes — Serse (Handel) | Houston Grand Opera (William Lacey/) |
Rossignol | Le Rossignol — in Russian (Stravinsky) | Cleveland Orchestra (concert — Pierre Boulez) |
Semele | Semele (Handel) | Vlaamse Opera (Mikhail Hofstetter/Robert Carsen) |
Cunegonde | Candide (Bernstein) | Opera Pacific (John Demain/Jeffrey Lenz), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (John Axelrod/Francesco Micheli) |
Philine | Mignon (Thomas) | Opéra de Toulouse (Jean-Yves Ossonce/Nicholas Joëel) |
Polissena | Radamisto (Handel) | Santa Fe Opera (Harry Bicket/David Alden) |
Ginevra | Ariodante (Handel) | Paris Garnier (Marc Minkowski/ Jorge Lavelli), Munich Opera (Harry Bicket/David Alden) |
Morgana | Alcina (Handel) | English National Opera (David MacVicar/Richard Hickox) |
Sophie | Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) | Spoleto Festival (Keith Warner/Richard Hickox) |
Rezia | L’Incontro improvviso (Haydn) | Opéra de Nice(Long Yu/Jean-Luc Thamin), Opera de Bordeaux (Jonathan Darlington/Jean-Luc Thamin) |
Fedra | Ippolito ed Aricia (Traetta) | Opera de Montpellier (Christophe Rousset/Guido de Montecelli) |
Drusilla | L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi) | Nederlands Opera (Christophe Rousset/Pierre Audi) |
Serpetta | La finta giardiniera (Mozart) | Washington Opera (Patrick Summers/Mark Lamos) |
Ismene | Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mozart) | Teatro Regio di Torino (Evalino Pidó/Graham Vick) |
Laurie | The Tender Land (Copland) | Barbican (concert — Richard Hickox) |
Dalinda | Ariodante (Händel) | San Francisco Opera (Patrick Summers/Christopher Hahn) |
Duchesse/Angel | Christoph Colombe (Milhaud) | San Francisco Opera (Kent Nagano/Lotfi Mansouri) |
Adina | L’Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) | Opéra di Lausanne (Jonathan Darlington/Stefano Vizioli) |
Cleofide | Allessandro nell’Indie (Pacini) | Opera rara recording, concert — Theatre Royal, London (concert — David Parry) |
Célimène | La cour de Célimène (Thomas) | Opera Rara recording (Andrew Litton, London Philharmonic Orchestra) |
Teresa | Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz) | Barbican (Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra); Vienna, Stuttgart, BBC Proms, Berlin (Sir Roger Norrington, Stuttgart Radio Orchesta) |
Norina | Don Pasquale (Donizetti) | Glimmerglass Festival (Joe Rescigno/Leon Major), New York City (Lucinda Carver/Leon Major) Opera |
Fiakermilli | Arabella (Strauss) | San Francisco Opera (Donald Runnicles/) |
Mistress Page | Sir John in Love (Vaughan-Williams) | Northern Symphonia (Concert — Richard Hickox) |
ROLES PREPARED
Pamina — Die Zauberflöte | |
Angel | St. François d’Assise (O. Messiaen) |
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) |
Poppea | L’incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi) |
Clemence | L’Amour de loin (Sariaaho) |
Lakmé | Lakmé (Delibes) |
Manon | Manon (Massenet) |
Constance | Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc) |
Juliette | Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) |
Atalanta | Xerxes — Serse (Handel) |
Fiorilla | Il turco in Italia (Rossini) |
Hero | Beatrice et Bénedict (Berlioz) |
Oscar | Un Ballo in maschera (Verdi) |
Lulu | Lulu (Berg) |
Nannetta | Falstaff (Verdi) |
RECORDINGS
Soprano 3, Mater Gloriosa | Mahler 8 | San Francisco Symphony: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson-Thomas, 2009 |
Soloist | Mahler 4 | LSO Live: London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, 2009 |
Soloist | Pitié! Erbarme dich (Bach/Cassol) | CD: AKA Moon, Pitié Band, 2008 |
Célimène | La Cour de Célimène (Thomas) | Opera Rara CD: Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Andrew Litton, 2008 |
Teresa | Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz) | LSO Live CD: London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, 2008 |
Cleofide | Allessandro nell’Indie (Pacini) | Opera Rara CD: London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry, 2008 |
Soloist | Carmina Burana (Orff) | Chandos CD: London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, 2008 |
Teresa | Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz) | Hanssler Classics SACD: SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington, 2007 |
Soloist | Entre nous: Celebrating Offenbach | Opera Rara CD: London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry, 2007 |
Anne Truelove | The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky) | BBC/Opus Arte DVD: Robert LePage, director; Kazushi Ono, conductor, 2007 |
Azema | L’Esule di Granata (Meyerbeer) | Opera Rara CD: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Giuliano Carella, 2006 |
Soloist | Vocal Teamwork | Opera Rara CD: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra — conductors David Parry, Giuliano Carella, 2006 |
Soloist (bel canto chamber music) | Il primo dolce affanno | Opera Rara CD: David Harper, pianist; 2005 |
Soloist (bel canto chamber music) | La Partenza | Opera Rara CD: David Harper, pianist; 2004 |
Soloist | Mahler 4 | Delos SACD: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson-Thomas, 2004 |
Soloist | Handel’s Arcadian Duets | EMI/Virgin CD: Le Concert D’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, 2002 |
Mistress Page | Sir John in Love (Vaughan-Williams) | Chandos CD: Northern Sinfonia and Chorus, Richard Hickox, 2001 |
Amanda | Le Grand Macabre (Ligeti) | Sony CD: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (Paris Chatelet), Esa-Pekka Salonen, 1999 |
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 (Ivan Tšrz/Vlaamse Opera) |
Beethoven — Missa Solemnis (Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Rotterdam Philharmonic, 2008) |
Brahms — German Requiem (Gérard Korsten, Cagliari, 2000)(Michael Tilson-Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, 2008) |
Chausson — Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer |
Debussy — Le Martyre de St. Sebastian (Esa-Pekka Salonen June 1999; Matthias Pintscher, Cleveland Orchestra) |
Handel — Messiah {Richard Hickox, San Francisco Symphony 1993}{Bob Porco, Cleveland Orchestra)(John Nelson, Orchestre de Paris) (Richard Hickox, Philadelphia Orchestra)(Emmanuelle Haim, Frankfurt Symphony/Le Concert d’Astrée) |
Handel — Chamber duets (Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert D’Astrée) |
Handel — Ode to St. Cecilia (Nick McGegan, St. Louis Symphony, 2008) |
Handel — Il delirio amoroso (Emmanuelle Haim, Le Concert D’Astrée — Aldeburgh Festival, Tour in France) (Emmanuelle Haim, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra) (Emmanuelle Haim, New World Symphony) |
Haydn — Die Jahreszeiten, 3rd Lord Nelson Mass, Creation (Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival, 2000), Bflat major mass (Masterworks Chorale) |
Mahler — Symphony #4 (Michael Tilson-Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, 2004) (Valery Ghergiev, London Symphony Orchestra, 2008) |
Mahler — Symphony #2 (Sir Andrew Davis, London Symphony Orchestra)(Michael Tilson-Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, 2010) |
Mahler — Symphony #8 (Michael Tilson-Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, 2006 & 2008) |
Mozart — C Minor Mass (Masterworks Chorale) ; Schauspieldirektor (Ivan Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, 1997)(Sebastian Weigle, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, 2007); Requiem; concert arias (Jonathan Darlington, 1998)(Ivan Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, 1997)(Jonathan Cohen, Les Arts Florissants, 2009); Exultate, jubilate (Michael Tilson-Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, 2004) (Ulf Schirmer, Bayerische Rundfunk Orkester); Coronation Mass; Solemn Vespers |
Orff — Carmina Burana (John Miner, Sacramento Ballet, 1994)(Franz Welser-Möst, Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Festival) (Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, 2007) (Indianapolis Symphony)(Frübeck de Burgos, Boston Symphony — Tanglewood, 2009) (Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony, 2010) |
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 (Michael Tilson-Thomas, San Francisco Symphony) , 4 Last Songs |
Schubert — Mass in G (Masterworks Chorale, 1993) |
Ralph Vaughn-Williams — Serenade to Music; A Sea Symphony (Richard Hickox, Gulbenkian 2000) (Sir Roger Norrington, on tour with SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra) |
Vivaldi -Gloria, cantatas RV129, RV157 |
Training
- Southern Methodist University — Bachelor’s of Music 1990
Bachelor’s of Arts (foreign languages) 1990 - San Francisco Opera Center — Merola Opera Program 1989, 1990; Adler Fellowship 1991-3
- Voice teachers — Barbara Hill Moore; Norma Newton; Peggy Bouveret
- Coaches: Patrick Summers, Gerald Moore, Bryndon Hassman, Nick McGegan, Regine Crespin, Peter Grunberg, Regina Resnick, Hans Hotter
- Acting Coaches: Ethel Evans, Sabin Epstein
Competitions
- Tchaikovsky Competition — Silver Medal 1994
- Metropolitan Opera Competition National Finalist 1993
- Belvedere Competition — Operettepreis 1992
Special Skills/Languages
Excellent spoken Italian and French; good spoken Spanish; fair spoken German. Studied some Dutch, Japanese, and Russian.
Agent (USA)
Ana de Archuleta — ADA Artists
Agent (Europe)
Federico Tondelli — PrimaFila Artists
Last updated January 21, 2015; please destroy all previous copies.
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