Known for her radiant voice, her stage presence and her rapport with the audience, the Swiss-Canadian soprano Laure Barras has an international career. She has performed as a soloist at the opera houses of Lyon, Avignon, Massy and Lausanne, as well as on prestigious stages such as the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Lincoln Centre in New York, the Musikverein in Vienna and the Palau de la Música in Barcelona.
She has also collaborated with renowned ensembles such as the Cameristi della Scala, Les Musiciens du Louvre and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
After studying Arabic and Oriental languages and civilisations in Paris and undertaking theatre training at the Cours Florent, she trained in opera singing in Lausanne and Hanover, whilst also attending the Opera Studio in Lyon.
In 2017, she founded Les Concerts du Cœur, an organisation that makes professional music accessible to people who are excluded from cultural activities due to age, health, disability or social vulnerability. Through its participatory concerts and music workshops, the organisation now reaches nearly 25,000 people each year.
In 2018, Laure Barras was selected as one of the ‘100 personalities shaping French-speaking Switzerland’ by the Forum des 100 of the Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps.
