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Laura Aikin
(Sopranos) Biography:
World renowned American Soprano Laura Aikin is considered a leader amongst the new generation of today’s dynamic young sopranos. Possessing a range of over three octaves and an arresting stage presence, her repertoire embraces works from the Baroque to the contemporary on both the concert and operatic stages. In great demand in both Europe and America, she has performed such major roles as Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Marzelline (Fidelio), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Konstanze (Die Entfuhrüng aus dem Serail) as well Lulu and Zerbinetta and has appeared at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Opéra de Lyon, Semperoper Dresden, San Francisco Opera, Bavarian State Opera, the Salzburg Festival and Glyndebourne Festival Opera among others. As a concert artist Miss Aikin has appeared in numerous major concert houses throughout the world with orchestras such as the London, Chicago and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, the Berlin, Munich, Israel and Vienna Philharmonics, the Bayerische Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Sudwestfunk Orchestra, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Les Arts Florissants, Concerto Köln and Concentus Musicus, with many of today’s greatest conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, and Claudio Abbado. Highlights for the 09/10 season include Lulu in Vienna and Paris, a production of The Tales Of Hoffmann, also in Paris, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail in Strasbourg, and appearances with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival. This biography is for website use only. For a full and updated biography please email info@ingpen.co.uk Contact Details: Territories: Artist Links: |
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