Soprano Laura Elena is a Cuban-American soprano hailing from Miami, Florida. With a full-lyric voice, she has won various awards and performed dynamic roles in the operatic canon. Her voice has been described as a “sizeable soprano with a richly colored middle register” (South Florida Classical Review). Recent awards include the Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (2023/2021) and First Place Winner of the St. Petersburg Opera Guild Competition (2023). Some of her most recent roles include La Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Miami Beach Classical Music Festival), Magda Sorel in Menotti’s The Consul under the direction of Patricia Racette (San Francisco Conservatory of Music), Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen (Miami Beach Classical Music Festival), La Bergère and La Chouette in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortilèges (Stetson University), Erste Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (Stetson University), Suor Genovieffa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica (New York Lyric Opera Theatre), Geraldine in Barber’s A Hand of Bridge (Stetson University), as well as the opportunity to cover the title role of Puccini’s Suor Angelica (Opera Lucca). Laura has also portrayed characters through scene work such as Fiordiligi (Cosí fan Tutte), Florencia (Florencia en el Amazonas), and Agathe (Der Freischütz).

Laura holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Stetson University and has recently earned her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Through her training at these institutions, Laura has honed her craft and continued her studies through scene work and new music exploration. Laura Elena prides herself on her passion for spreading the love of music and performance to the next generation and her peers. She has developed keen collaborative and educational skills, teaching private classical and musical theater voice lessons for eight years. She is a former teaching artist and education & community engagement coordinator at Little Opera, where she worked with students across the San Francisco Bay Area, guiding them in creating new operas. At the collegiate level, Laura acted as a Student Director for scenes from Les Contes d’Hoffman (Stetson University Opera Theatre, 2018) as well as scenes from The Turn of the Screw (San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 2023).