Hailed for her “tour-de-force performance” (Winnipeg Free Press) in the title role of Manitoba Opera’s Susannah, Lara has established herself as a dynamic, intelligent, and moving singing-actress. Her facility for fully transforming into a character, regardless of genre, has earned her the reputation of being an artistic chameleon.  

The 24/25 season saw Lara appear with Vancouver Opera as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (24/25) and the world premiere of Uyeda and Hagen’s Silence with NUOVA Vocal Arts, creating the role of Ymma. She made her Regina Symphony Orchestra debut as soprano soloist for their Messiah, and rejoined her Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra family for Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. She looks forward to returning to Vancouver Opera in the 25/26 season for Puccini’s La bohème as Musetta.

Recent appearances include creating the role of Bartender in Kaminsky and Moore’s February for Opera on the Avalon, making role and house debuts as Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music for both the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and The Citadel Theatre, and a role debut as Bird Woman in Mary Poppins for Rainbow Stage.  Lara also returned to her Manitoba Opera family as Micaëla in Carmen.

Career highlights have included the titular role of Janacek’s Jenůfa/Jenůfa (Pacific Opera Victoria); Lauretta/Gianni Schicchi and Suor Genovieffa/Suor Angelica in Il Trittico (Pacific Opera Victoria); Fiordiligi cover/Così fan tutte (Pacific Opera Victoria); Tatyana/Eugene Onegin (Calgary Opera);  Amelia/Simon Boccanegra (Pacific Opera Victoria); Countess/Le nozze di Figaro (Edmonton Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Manitoba Opera, Vancouver Opera); Elle/La voix humaine (Manitoba Opera); Rosalinde/Die Fledermaus, Sylva/The Gypsy Princess (Toronto Operetta Theatre); Micaëla/Carmen (Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Opera Kelowna, Opera Lyra Ottawa); Musetta/La Bohème (Edmonton Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opéra de Montréal); May/Ours, Cinderella/Into the Woods, Maria/The Sound of Music (Opera on the Avalon); and Beatrice/Three Decembers (Little Opera Company).

On the concert stage, she has been featured as the soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah (Victoria Symphony); Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Boise Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra); Brahms Requiem, and Dvořák Te Deum (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra).

Lara is increasingly in demand as an adjudicator, and teacher. She holds a Masters in Music (Opera) from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Arts - Honours (Voice) from the University of Winnipeg. She is an alumna of l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program, the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center, the Banff Centre, Opera NUOVA, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School (Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Musical Theatre). Lara also enjoys gardening, is an avid walker, loves fabulous footwear, and is a self-professed prairie-girl forever. 

August 2025

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