“A voice to follow (in every sense of the word, the voice and the career…)”

- LUDWIG VAN MONTRÉAL 

Canadian soprano Avery Lafrentz is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Opera Course where she was the recipient of the Rosemary Thayer Award, Beris Hudson Award, and the Timothy Brennan KC Scholarship. She holds a Master of Music in Voice and Opera Performance from McGill University (Montréal) and a Bachelor of Arts & Science in Psychology and Biological Anthropology from the University of Toronto, Canada.  

Operatic roles include Iolanthe Der Wald, Witch Strings of Rebellion, Miss Wingrave Owen Wingrave, and in scenes as Vitellia La Clemenza di Tito, Lady Billows Albert Herring, Titile role La Gioconda, Der Marschallin Der Rosenkavalier (Guildhall School); Title role Suor Angelica (Greve in Chianti, Tuscany); Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Anna Maurant Street Scene, Vitellia Clemenza di Tito, Governess Turn of the Screw, and Older Sister Come Closer (Opera McGill, Montréal); and Robin Northern Lights Dream (Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Toronto).

In concert she has appeared as a soloist with London School Symphony Orchestra, the UBU contemporary Ensemble (Guildhall School), the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Canada), and Paul Carr’s Requiem for an Angel (Regina Philharmonic Choir). She has also been a recitalist with Dylan Perez and Nicky Spence OBE, participated as a professional fellow at Song Fest in Los Angeles, California as a grant winner from the Art Song Foundation of Canada.

This summer, Avery is an Emerging Artist with Longborough Festival Opera covering Dama di Lady and singing in the chorus of Verdi’s Macbeth July 2026.

She will make her debut with Scottish Opera in the 2026-2027 season.

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