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Laila Sbaiti - soprano
Biography
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Dutch soprano Laila Sbaiti studied at the Conservatory of
Amsterdam with Margreet Honig. She continued her studies at New Opera
Academy in Amsterdam, where she earned her Master degree in June 2008.
Laila is currently tutored by Margreet Honig and Nelly Miricioiu.
With the Opera Academy Laila Sbaiti performed
Zerlina in Don Giovanni by Mozart, Constance in Les dialogues des Carmélites
by Poulenc, Laurette in Le docteur Miracle by Bizet and Susanna and
Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Opera Studio Netherlands invited her to join their concert at
the Amsterdam Grachtenfestival and at the Uitmarkt, the opening of the
theatrical season.
During the Summer Academy of the
Aix-en-Provence Festival Laila worked with a.o. Barbara Bonney and Graham
Clark. She also participated in masterclasses and private lessons with Nelly
Miricioiu, Ed Spanjaard, Lotfi Mansouri, Chris Nietveld, Ryland Davies,
Graciela Araya, Udo Reinemann, Rudolf Jansen, Marco Canepa, and Noëlle Barke.
Laila Sbaiti is first prize winner of the 2009 Cristina
Deutekom Competition, as well as winner of the audience prize.
Recently she sang the roles of la Princesse and le
Rossignol in L’enfant et les sortileges by Ravel with the Limburg Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Ed Spanjaard. Toneelgroep Amsterdam invited her to
contribute to a new music-theatrical piece called Iphegenia, directed by
Robert Woodruff. Jan Willem de Vriend and his Combattimento Consort
accompanied Laila in a series of concerts.
In the fall of 2009 she sang the title role of Montsalvatge’s
Il Gato con Botas, an Opera Trionfo production, which toured the Dutch
theaters.
Laila Sbaiti sang Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem at the Haarlem Koorbiennale,
Being a prize winner Laila received an invitation to do a recital concert at
the 2009 Amsterdam Grachtenfestival, singing repertoire of Verdi and Bellini.
She made her recital debut in the US at Carnegie Hall, singing a gala
concert, followed by concerts of Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques in Montreal,
Canada.
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