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Roberta Laws, soprano...

b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up March 2008 Soprano Roberta Laws brings thrilling force and artistic depth to her portrayal of some of opera’s most beloved heroines; and she has graced audiences worldwide with this winning combination. She concludes her 2007 performance season with appearances that include the Helena Symphony and looks forward to a return appearance with the Cincinnati Pops in 2008. As a champion of American opera, Ms. Laws is well known for her portrayal of the role of Bess in Gershwin’s classic American opera Porgy and Bess. Following her debut performance of the role with Opera Columbus, she was invited by Maestro Gian Carlo Menotti to Spoletto/Melbourne, where she gained international recognition for her interpretation. Under the baton of Maestro David Stahl, Ms. Laws gave a command performance for the Prince of Wales with the Charleston Symphony and was subsequently invited to perform the role at both the Savolina Festival in Finland and the Grahamstown Festival in South Africa. Her charismatic performances with the Houston Grand Opera earned her both glowing notices and a nomination for the N.A.A.C.P. Image Award for Best Actress, as well as an invitation from Houston Grand Opera to participate in their Guest Artist in Residence Program. Ms. Laws has also portrayed the role of Bess on the stage Opera Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids and the Den Norske Opera in Oslo for the King and Queen of Norway. She has earned accolades for her portrayal of Angelica in Suor Angelica, Giorgetta in Il Tabarro, Musetta in La Boheme and Liu in Turandot. The breadth of her performance experience is demonstrated by her interpretation of Iris in Mascagni's Iris, Suzel in Mascagni's L'amico Fritz, Margherita in Boito's Mefistofele, Mme. Lidoine in Poulenc's Les Dialogues des Carmelites and her debut role with the Kennedy Center as the Mother in Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors. Other engagements also include a Kennedy Center production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carmen Jones with Placido Domingo conducting the National Symphony Orchestra. Revered by international audiences, Ms. Laws has sung in the opera houses and theaters of Stockholm, Sao Paola, Capetown, Pretoria, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Leipzig, Bremen, Venice and Rome. In 1997, she was one of three Americans to receive an invitation to perform at the gala opening of Moscow's Novoya Opera House. Ms. Laws' experience also extends to the concert stage where performances have included Poulenc's Gloria and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Virginia Symphony as well as work with Peter Nero at the Philadelphia Pops, and Eric Kunzel at the Cincinnati Pops and Ravinia. She has also appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic and the Detroit, Alabama, Pacific, Charleston, Savannah, and Indianapolis Symphonies. b i o......o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .

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. o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e.......back to roster....up Barber – Knoxville Summer of 1915 Beethoven – Ninth Symphony Brahms – Requiem Faure – Requiem Mahler – Second, Fourth, Eighth Mendelssohn – Elijah Mozart – Requiem Poulenc – Gloria Strauss – Four Last Songs Verdi – Requiem b i o......o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .

. r e v i e w s...........back to roster....up La Boheme ... Roberta Laws, the best looking, best sounding Musetta in years ... Philadelphia Inquirer Mefistofele Some of the biggest cheers of the evening came for soprano Roberta Laws for her grippingly dramatic singing of Margherita's L'Altra Notte. This is a voice of Veridian cut and force, propelled by expressive temperament, and apparently suited for dramatic statements. Peter M. Knapp, Patriot Ledger, Boston Porgy and Bess Roberta Laws made an arresting Bess ... Ms. Laws gave us a femme fatale on the order of Barbara Stanwyck ... And what a voice she has! ... with a long, floating pianissimo that should make her a star in 19th-century Italian works. The Dallas Morning News As Bess, Roberta Laws had just the right combination in her voice for the role - exquisite pianissimos, as well as a ringing top range that was powerful but pleasing. The Evening Post, Charleston, South Carolina Suor Angelica Soprano Roberta Laws' performance in the title role was ... vocally pure, ecstatic and heart wrenching, and ... rapt in its slow building dramatic release ... Herman Trotter, The Buffalo News Iris The part is replete with arias that require power, intensity, and sheen that only a veristic soprano in her prime should attempt. Such a one is Miss Laws. b i o......o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e......o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e r e v i e w s back to roster...up . . . .