Soprano
Bio
"Albino was fresh-voiced and agile, with a gorgeous top range and author of a really expressive Act II aria of self-exploration".
Geoff Chapman,
Opera Canada
Laura Albino has quickly emerged as one of Canada's
finest young lyric sopranos, and has recently been
named a winner of the Ottawa Choral Society's New
Discoveries Auditions. Miss Albino's operatic roles
include Donna Anna in Mozart's Don
Giovanni conducted by Richard Egar with the
Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme in Aldeburgh,
England, Mary Warren in Ward's The
Crucible with the International Vocal Arts
Institute in Tel Aviv, and the role of
Bridey in Queen of Puddings Music
Theatre's Production of The Midnight Court at
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Laura was a member of the prestigious COC Ensemble
Studio from 2008–2010, where she performed
Ilia in Idomeneo, The
Cook (Le Rossignol),
Fiordiligi (Cosi fan Tutte)
and Kate Pinkerton (Madama
Butterfly). She also understudied the roles of
Musetta, Marzelline,
Micaela and First Wood
Sprite in La Boheme,
Fidelio, Carmen and Rusalka.
Miss Albino received her Masters Degree in Operatic
Studies at the University of Toronto, where her roles
included Lauretta (Gianni
Schicchi), Anna (Merry Wives
of Windsor) the title roles in Handel's
Semele and Holst's Savitri, and
Susanna in Le Nozze di
Figaro. The Canadian Opera Volunteers Committee
named Laura the Distinguished Graduate of 2006.
On the concert stage, this versatile soprano has
appeared frequently with the Aldeburgh Connection, and
in 2007 debuted with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in
Bach's St. John Passion, conducted by Helmut
Rilling. Past performances include Brahms' Ein
Deutsches Requiem (Raffi Armenian, conductor),
Mozart's Masses with Paul Nadler conducting
the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra,
Messiah with the Handel Society of Dartmouth
College (Rilling) and Mendelssohn's Elijah
with Toronto's Amadeus Choir, under Lydia Adams'
direction.
A favourite guest artist with Kevin Mallon's Aradia
Ensemble, Miss Albino will be featured on their
upcoming recording of Purcell's music and stars in the
title role on the recent Naxos recording of Samuel
Arnold's Polly. This versatile artist can also
be heard on the Hänssler Classic label of Handel's
Saul with the Bach Collegium, Stuttgart.
Highlights for Laura in the 2010/11 season include her
debut with Toronto Operetta Theatre as
Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus,
guest artist with the Grand Philharmonic Choir of
Kitchener/Waterloo in Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis
Pacem, and a reprise of her performance as The
Cook with the Canadian Opera Company in
Stravinsky's Le Rossignol at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music.