Lara McGill

Hailed as “a voice of size, clarity and wide coloristic range… a three-dimensional figure who combined vulnerability with strength and tugged at the heartstrings in her every breath and movement” (Pittsburgh Post Gazette), soprano Lara Lynn McGill returned as the soprano soloist to Carnegie Hall in New York City this spring for Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes. Last summer, she made her 9^th Avenue Opera debut as Zerlina in New York City and covered the same role with Opera Tampa. She has appeared with St. Petersburg Opera in FL as Fiordiligi, Pamina, and Antonia in their past seasons. Other favorite roles include: Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare and Romilda in Xerxes with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Donna Anna, Mamah Cheney in Shining Brow, The Foreign Women in Menotti’s The Consul with Opera New Jersey, Susannah in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, Sandrina, Lauretta, Adina, and her Pittsburgh Opera debut as Barbarina. Ms. McGill’s concert soloist performances range from Baroque to Ola Gjeilo.  Highlights include: Bach’s Mass in B minor, Vivaldi’s and Handel’s Gloria, Messiah excerpts, Brahms’, Mozart’s, and Rutter’s Requiem, and Dreamweaver by Gjeilo (Carnegie Hall debut). Lara graduated with her master’s from Eastman School of Music and her bachelor’s from University of Miami.  Her recital and competition appearances include the eastern United States, California, Idaho, Italy, Austria, and South Africa.