Lara Rebekah completed her studies at the Royal Northern College of Music where she held the Annie Ridyard Scholarship for Mezzo Sopranos. Lara is currently singing in the chorus at Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Lara’s operatic roles include Cover Alcina La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Longborough Festival Opera), Madrigalist Manon Lescaut (Opera Holland Park), Olga Eugene Onegin (Opera Loki), Maurya Riders to the Sea (Wexford Festival Opera) and Dritte Dame Die Zauberflöte, Sprite Cendrillon, and Lolo The Merry Widow (all for RNCM Opera). Choruses include La Traviata, The Merry Widow, Die Zauberflöte, Carmen, L’elisir d’amore, Semele, Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Don Giovanni, The Rake’s Progress (all for Glyndebourne Festival Opera), Semele (Opéra de Lille), La Rondine (If Opera), Carmen (Longborough Festival Opera), Un Ballo in Maschera, Manon Lescaut and Isabeau (all for Opera Holland Park), Candide (The Grange Festival), Vanessa and Herculanum (Wexford Festival Opera).
Lara has appeared as soloist at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Marines Massed Bands. In 2021, she was a finalist in the Emmy Destinn Czech Singing Competition. She also reached the finals in both the Frederic Cox Award and The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss. www.Lara-Harvey.com