Marie McLaughlin

Marie McLaughlin (born Hamilton, South Lanarkshire 2 November 1954) is a Scottish operatic soprano.

A light lyric soprano, McLaughlin is noted for her performances as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Norina (Don Pasquale), Marzelline (Fidelio), Nannetta (Falstaff), Micaëla (Carmen) and Tytania (A Midsummer Night's Dream}.

International career

She studied in Glasgow and at the London Opera Centre, making her debut as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro. After singing with Scottish Opera and the Welsh National Opera, she then appeared with the English National Opera from 1978, and at the Royal Opera House in London from 1980. Her international career has included guest roles at the Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Paris Opéra, Bavarian State Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera of New York.

Selected recordings

• Despina in Così fan tutte conducted by James Levine (Deutsche Grammophon CD, DGG 4238972 1989)
• Micaëla in Carmen conducted by Bernard Haitink (Kultur Video DVD, KUL 2843)
• Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Claudio Abbado (Sony Classics DVD).
• Zerlina in Don Giovanni conducted by Neville Marriner (Philips CD)
• Zdenka in Arabella conducted by Christian Thielemann (Deutsche Grammophon DVD)
• Soloist in Suor Angelica conducted by Richard Bonynge (Decca CD, DEC 2894582182)
• Soloist in Mozart Requiem conducted by Leonard Bernstein (Deutsche Grammophon CD, DGG 4273532 1989)
• Schubert Lieder with Graham Johnson (Hyperion Schubert Edition 13, CD, HYP 33013, 1992)
• Richard Strauss Lieder with Graham Johnson (Hyperion CD, HYP 55202, 2005)

Sources

• Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5

External links

• Hyperion Records Artist page featuring Marie McLaughlin

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