About
Canadian soprano Laura Albino is in growing demand as a sensitive interpreter of the lyric soprano repertoire. Laura is an alumna of the prestigious Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio where she performed numerous roles including Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) and Ilia (Idomeneo) in the Ensemble Studio performances and The Cook (Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and Other Short Fables) on the mainstage and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
A skilled interpreter of new music, Laura has performed in Ana Sokolovic’s highly successful operatic tour-de-force, Svadba/Wedding, in Toronto, on tour in Europe and with Opera Philadelphia. In 2016, Laura reprised her role of Lena in performances at San Francisco Opera. Laura also created Mimi in Against the Grain Theatre’s updated, gritty production of La Bohème.
Laura made her debut with Toronto’s Opera Atelier as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, which was met with great audience and critical acclaim.
Other recent appearances include her Edmonton Opera debut as the Fourth Maid in Elektra, her Verdi debut with Opera in Concert in the seldom performed Stiffelio, her Calgary Opera debut as Musetta in La Bohème and a tour with Jeunesses Musicales of Canada as Micaëla in Carmen. Laura also appeared at the Banff Centre where she was called in with one-week’s notice to sing Fiordiligi in the Opera as Theatre production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte under the baton of David Agler.
Laura also starred as Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Toronto Operetta Theatre, a performance for which reviewer James Karas wrote; “[she’s] pretty, poised and can sing delightfully. She is the best part of the evening.”
An avid interpreter of sacred music and oratorio, Laura recently debuted with the Kingston Symphony in Haydn’s Creation. She has performed with many of the country’s leading choirs and orchestras including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, I musici di Montreal, Amadeus Choir, Aradia Ensemble, Grand Philharmonic Choir, Chorus Niagara, Symphony Nova Scotia, and Pax Christi Chorale. Laura has also appeared as a soloist with the Oregon Bach Festival, Southwest Florida Symphony, Teatro lirico di Cagliari Orchestra, Handel Society of Dartmouth College, and the Bach Collegium Stuttgart.
A Winner of the Ottawa Choral Society's New Discoveries Competition, Laura also won the Giuseppe Verdi Prize in Montreal's 2010 Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques.
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Work
Micaëla
Highlands Opera Studio
Bizet
Le Tragédie de Carmen
Director
François Racine
Soprano Soloist
Kingston Symphony
Haydn
The Creation
Musetta
Calgary Opera
Puccini
La Bohème
Conductor
Gordon Gerrard
Director
Rob Herriot
Lena
San Francisco Opera
Sokolovic
Svadba (Wedding)
Conductor
Dairine Ni Mheadhra
Director
Michael Cavanagh
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Lina
Voicebox: Opera in Concert
Verdi
Stiffelio
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Pamina
Opera Atelier
Mozart
Die Zauberflöte
Conductor
David Fallis
Director
Marshall Pynkoski
Image
Image by Michael Cooper
Lena
Queen of Puddings M.T.
Sokolovic
Svadba (Wedding)
Conductor
Dairine Ni Mheadhra
Director
Michael Cavanagh
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Soprano Soloist
I Musici de Montréal
Mozart
Requiem
Conductor
Jordan DeSouza
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Micaëla
Jeunesses Musicales Canada
Bizet
Carmen
Director
Alain Gautier
Soprano Soloist
Grand Philharmonic Choir
V. Williams
Dona nobis pacem
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Fiordiligi
Banff Centre
Così fan tutte
Mozart
Conductor
David Agler
Director
Joel Ivany
Soprano II Soloist
King Edward Choir
Mozart
Mass in C Minor
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Mimi
Against the Grain Theatre
La Bohème
Puccini
Conductor
Christopher Mokrzewski
Director
Joel Ivany
Soprano Soloist
Symphony Nova Scotia
Handel
Messiah
Conductor
Kevin Mallon
Image
Katie Cross Photography
The Cook
Canadian Opera Company
The Nightingale & Other Short Fables
Stravinsky
Conductor
Jonathan Darlington
Director
Robert LePage
Image
Image by Michael Cooper
Soprano Soloist
Chorus Niagara
Bach
B Minor Mass
Conductor
Robert Cooper
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Rosalinda
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Die Fledermaus
J. Strauss
Conductor
Derek Bate
Director
Bill Silva
Soprano Soloist
Amadeus Choir
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Conductor
Lydia Adams
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Ilia
COC Ensemble Studio
Idomeneo
Mozart
Conductor
Harry Bicket
Director
François de Carpentries
Image
Image by Michael Cooper
Soprano Soloist
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Bach
St. John Passion
Conductor
Helmuth Rilling
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Fiordiligi
COC Ensemble Studio
Così fan tutte
Mozart
Conductor
Martin Isepp
Director
Michael Patrick Albano
Soprano Soloist
Oregon Bach Festival
Bach
Cantatas BWV 78 & 140
Conductor
Helmuth Rilling
Image
Katie Cross Photography
Soprano Soloist
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Handel
Saul
Conductor
Helmuth Rilling
Image
Katie Cross Photography