LAURA ALBINO
Soprano

Opera
Year Role (Opera) Composer Company
2010 Ilia (Idomeneo) Mozart Canadian Opera Company Ensemble

2009

Fiordiligi (Cosi fan Tutte) Mozart Canadian Opera Company Ensemble
  Helena (Midsummer Night's Dream)** Britten Canadian Opera Company
  Musetta (La Boheme)** Puccini Canadian Opera Company
  Marzelline (Fidelio)** Beethoven Canadian Opera Company
  Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) Puccini Canadian Opera Company
  The Cook (Le Rossignol) Stravinsky Canadian Opera Company
  Bob's Wife (Baby Kintyre) Burry CBC Radio Opera
2007 Constanza (Inês)* Rolfe Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
  First Siren (Sirens) Sokolovic Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
  Woman 2 (Fire) J. Rolfe Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
  Savitri (Savitri)† Holst Toronto Bach Festival TRINITAS
  Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) Mozart Britten-Pears Programme
  Clémence (L’amour de loin) Saariaho Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
2006 Mary Warren (The Crucible) Ward International Vocal Arts Institute
  Bridey (The Midnight Court) Sokolovic Royal Opera, Covent Garden
  Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) Mozart University of Toronto
2005 Anne (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) Nicolai University of Toronto
  Venus (Venus and Adonis) Blow London Early Opera
  Venus (The Judgement of Paris) Eccles London Early Opera
  Bridey (The Midnight Court) Sokolovic Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
  Semele (Semele) Handel University of Toronto
2004 Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) Puccini University of Toronto
     
* Workshop
** Understudy
† Concerts


Oratorio

Year Repertoire Composer Company
2010 Requiem Mozart Pax Christie Chorale, Toronto
  Mass in C (2nd Soprano) Mozart King Edward Choir, Barrie
2009 B Minor Mass Bach Chorus Niagara

 
Messiah
 
Handel
 
Aradia Ensemble, Teatro lirico dei Cagliari Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Connection
2008 Ancestral Voices The Aldeburgh Connection
  Elijah Mendelssohn Amadeus Choir
2007 Et Exultavit Aradia Ensemble
  St. John Passion Bach Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  Cantatas BWV 78 & BWV 140 Bach Oregon Bach Festival
  Recital Bayfield Festival of Song
  Saul Handel Bach Collegium Stuttgart
2006 Our Story (Recital) The Aldeburgh Connection
  Cantata BWV 70 & BWV 110 Bach Toronto Bach Festival
  Der Messias (arr. Mozart) Handel Bach Collegium Stuttgart
  Ein Deutsches Requiem Brahms U of T Symphony Orchestra
  Exultate Jubilate, Krönungsmesse Mozart Toronto Tallis Choir
  Requiem, Krönungsmesse Mozart Southwest Florida Symphony
2005 Cantata BWV 71 Bach Toronto Bach Festival


Education

2008-09 Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio
2007 Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
2006 University of Toronto - Master of Music in Opera
2004 University of Toronto - Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance
2006 Meisterkurs – Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart
2006 International Vocal Arts Institute, Israel
2005-06 International Vocal Arts Institute, France
2005 International Vocal Arts Institute, Puerto Rico
2004 Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, Montreal
2002 Opera Workshop, St. Andrew’s-By-The-Sea


Awards

2005-07 Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyrique Laureate JAL Montreal
2006 Bertha and David Silverman Scholarship International Vocal Arts Institute
2006 Distinguished Graduate Award Canadian Opera Volunteers Committee
2005 Richard Bradshaw Sholarship University of Toronto
2004 Luciano Pavarotti Scholarship University of Toronto
2004 Herman Geiger-Torel Scholarship University of Toronto
2003 Lois Marshall Scholarship University of Toronto
2002 Teresa Stratas Scholarship University of Toronto