Laura Sanders

Soprano Laura Corina Sanders is a native of San Francisco and currently resides in Houston, Texas. She recently completed her final year as a Resident Artist at Shreveport Opera, where she was featured as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Micaëla in La Tragédie de Carmen, and Gilda in Rigoletto. She is a first prize winner of the 2018 Lotte Lenya Competition, and an encouragement award winner in the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. She was a Studio Artist at Wolf Trap Opera in 2018, an apprentice artist at Central City Opera in 2021, and is a current teaching artist with Houston Grand Opera’s Community and Learning Program. Laura received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where she performed multiple leading roles. In 2022 she made her debut with Hawaii Opera Theatre as Mary in Nolan Gasser’s The Secret Garden.