Elena Bocharova debuts the role of Santuzza at the Mumbai Festival

Elena Bocharova debuts the role of Santuzza at the Mumbai Festival on February 18, 2012 with additional performances on 20 and 21

Elizabeth Caballero returns to FGO

Elizabeth Caballero returns to FGO as Magda in La Rondine in 2012

Paul Whelan makes his debut with the Hamburgische Staatsoper

Paul Whelan will make his debut as Harry Joy in the opera "Bliss" at the Hamburgische Staatsoper this November.

Nancy Herrera makes her Deutsche Oper, Berlin as Carmen

Nancy Herrera makes her Deutsche Oper, Berlin as Carmen on November 3, 2011 with an additional performance on the 11th

Cristina Pasaroiu is in the finals of the Neue Stimmen Competition

Soprano Cristina Pasaroiu is in the finals of the Neue Stimmen Competition taking place in Gutersloh Germany on October 21, 2011

Carl Tanner sings "Vesti la giubba" at the Mariinsky

Carl Tanner sings "Vesti la giubba" at the Mariinsky on October 19, 2011 in the San Carlo, Napoli production

Carl Tanner triumphed in his Mariinsky debut on October 19, 2011 as Canio

American tenor Carl Tanner had an absolute triumph in his Mariinsky debut as Canio in the new San Carlo production of Pagliacci with a "stamping of feet" ovation after his aria

Cristina Pasaroiu debuts as Violetta in Nordhausen's new Traviata

Paul Whelan makes his debut as Wotan in NZ

Paul Whelan will make his debut as Wotan in Das Rheingold with the Auckland Philharmonic this July.

Tenor Carl Tanner in Teatro Colon's Il Tabarro

Carl Tanner debuts at the teatro Colon, Buenos Aires in June as Luigi in their new Il Tabbaro

Paul Whelan returns to ENO

Spring 2011 will feature Paul Whelan's return to ENO in London as Theseus in a new production of Midsummer Night's Dream

Elena Bocharova to replace Olga Borodina in Toulouse and Paris for Samson et Dalila

Tenor Dongwon Shin debuts at the Vienna Staatsoper.

Dongwon Shin debuts with the Vienna Staatsoper as Radames on March 17th with two additional performances on March 20 and 23!

Rachelle Durkin to replace Anna Netrebko in Don Pasquale at the Met!

Ms. Durkin will be singing the role of Norina in Saturday's live broadcast from the Met of Don Pasquale!

Verdi Requiem in Trieste, Italia with 3 Laifer artists

Three members of the Laifer Roster, Mezzo Soprano Elena Bocharova, Soprano Latonia Moore and Tenor Dongwon Shin performing together in the Verdi Requiem in February, 2011 along with bass Simon Lim and conducted by Mº Corrado Rovaris

Verdi Requiem in Trieste

Elena Bocharova, Latonia Moore and Dongwon Shin perform together in the Verdi Requiem

Shin as Samson

Dongwon Shin will reprise his Samson and performs the Verdi Requiem in Trieste

Elena Bocharova in 2010--11

Season 2010-11 has been an important one for mezzo-soprano Elena Bocharova

Tanner as Dick Johnson at the Met.

Carl Tanner made his house debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Dick Johnson in Puccini's Fanciulla

Dongwon Shin debuts at San Francisco Opera

Dongwon Shin made his San Francisco Opera debut as Radames on December 5th when he stepped in last minute to replace Carlo Ventre.

Carl Tanner makes his Bayrische Staatsoper debut

On November 23rd Carl Tanner made his debut with 24 hours notice at the Bayrische Staatsoper in Munich as Radames!

Latonia Moore as Susannah in Bilbao's new production

Fall 2010

Iride Martinez debuts at Covent Garden

Soprano Iride Martinez makes a spledid debut at Covent Garden as Norina in Don Pasquale on September 12, 2010

Iride Martinez as Amina triumphs in the Paris Opera Sonnambula

Iride Martinez made a triumphant return to the Opera de Paris as a last minute substitution for Natalie Dessay in La Sonnambula.

Aida Triumphal Scene

Triumphal Scene from Aida with 4 Laifer Artists: Latonia Moore as Aida, Elena Bocharova as Amneris, Carl Tanner as Radames and Chester Patton as Ramfis with Donnie Rae Albert as Amonasro and Ray Aceto as the King

Aida w/ Minnesota Orchestra

August 1, 2009 is a significant date for the Laifer Roster

Herrera opens Verona season as Carmen in 2009

With Placido Domingo in his gala on July 24th

Soprano Galina Shesterneva is the newest artist on the Laifer Roster

Russian born soprano Galina Shesterneva recently joined the Laifer Roster after her highly acclaimed debut as Turandot (with tenor Carl Tanner) at the newly renovated Bolshoi Theater in Moscow