B I O G R A P H Y
E A R L Y Y E A R S
The need of expressing her thoughts and
feelings through the arts led Lara to write,
paint, dance and sing from an early age on.
A light piano training allowed her to
accompany herself while singing pop and
soul music during her teen years. At age 15
she developped a great interest in Jazz
Music.

C L A S S I C A L S I N G I N G
In 2010 she joined her hometown music
school - Orfeão de Leiria – Conservatório de
Artes – meaning to learn a basic voice
technique that would allow herto travel
through the jazz standards with a bit more
ease and ended up seing herself
totally committed to Opera, Oratorio and
Lied. Along came masterclasses with Claire
Vangelisti, Isabel Alcobia, Edemar Ferreti, Elisabete Matos and a
Bachelor’s Degree in Évora’s University under the guidance of the
Mezzo-Soprano Liliana Bizineche. This town offered her the chance of
creating along side a clarinet player- Hélia Varanda - and a pianist - Inês
Condeço - a trio called Trio Liederbuch that performed through the
country.

O P E R A U N T I L T O D A Y
In 2015 the singer was admitted to the International Opera Academy -
Ghent, Belgium - where she had the pleasure of working with
composers, singers, conducters and directors such as Wim Henderickx,
Dietrich Henschel, Linda Watson, Bernarda Fink, José Van Dam, Laurent
Naouri, Natalie Dessay, Marzio Conti, Pietro Rizzo, Alberto Zedda, Guy
Joosten and Jan David Schmitz, of learning from language coaches -
Christiane Gleis, Muriel Corradini, Matteo Pirola and Polina Bogdanova
- and of refining her repertoire with the help of Hein Boterberg,
Alfredo Abbati and Polina Bogdanova. Between 2015 and 2017 she made
her debut in some Belgian theatres playing the roles of Tonina (“Prima
la musica e poi le parole” by Antonio Salieri), Prinzessin (“Der
gestiefelte Kater” by César Cui) and Ismene (“Orpheus” by G. P.
Telemann) and in the Opera of Oviedo, Spain, playing the role of Paggio
in Giuseppe Verdi’s“Rigoletto”.
Currently the singeris perfecting her vocalskills with Nelly Miricioiu.

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