Laura Anne Ayres (Olga)
Dallas, Texas

Highlights: Turn of the Screw (the Governess), Orfeo e Euridice (Euridice), Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa), Cosî fan tutte (Fiordiligi), La bohème (Mimi), L'incoronazione di Poppea (Drusilla), and The Old Maid and the Thief (Miss Pinkerton) among others. Recent concert hall performances include Mozart's Requiem, Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem, Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle, and Mendelssohn's Lobgesang. Miss Ayres has collaborated on stage with Maestro Claus Peter Flor, Craig Smith, Ricky Ian Gordon, John Harbison, and Jake Heggie. Her Lincoln Center debut occurred in December and featured the New York premiere of Mr. Heggie's cycle “Winter Roses” with the composer at the keyboard.

After The Merry Widow: Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo e Euridice in Milan, Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio in Dallas, and a distinguished artist recital in Phoenix.