Canadian soprano Layla Claire is celebrated internationally for her “rich, luminous instrument” (Chicago Classical Review), with a career spanning opera, concert, and recital stages. She recently created three world-premiere roles: Venere in Salvatore Sciarrino’s Venere e Adone at the Hamburg Staatsoper, Sibyl in Bruneau-Boulmier’s Die Illusionen des William Mallory also at Hamburg, and Jeanne Boitel in Opéra de Montréal’s La beauté du monde. Other recent highlights include her role debut as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer at Opera North; the title role in Alcina at both Hamburg Staatsoper and the Karlsruhe Handel Festival; Catherine in Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights with Opéra National de Lorraine; and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra de Montréal, and Opernhaus Zürich. Upcoming performances include reprising Venere at Teatro La Fenice under Kent Nagano and singing Die Aufseherin in concert performances of Strauss’ Elektra with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester.