THE GERMAN SOPRANO LAURA BARTHEL RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREES FROM SALZBURG'S MOZARTEUM UNIVERSITY UNDER ILDIKÓ RAIMONDI AND JULIANE BANSE. SHE GRADUATED IN OCTOBER 2022 WITH TOP MARKS. IN ADDITION TO HER CLASSICAL TRAINING, SHE HAS ALWAYS PURSUED HER PASSION FOR SINGING MUSICALS AND IS COACHED BY MARLENE KLASSEN.

LAURA HAS BEEN A DANCER SINCE AGE THREE. SHE HAS TRAINED EXTENSIVELY IN CLASSICAL BALLET, MODERN, JAZZ AND TAP DANCE AND HAS TAKEN PART IN NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS IN BAMBERG, MUNICH AND HAMBURG.

IN THE SEASON 2022/23 LAURA SANG AT THE STATE THEATRE OF AUGSBURG IN THE EUROPEAN PREMIERE OF THE OPERA »ANGEL'S BONE« BY DU YUN AND PLAYED THE ROLE OF ALICE IN »ALICE IN WONDERLAND« AT THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE CHAPEAU CLAQUE IN BAMBERG. FORMER ENGAGEMENTS TOOK THE VERSATILE SOPRANO TO THE THEATRE FÜRTH AND THE SALZBURG STATE THEATRE, WHERE SHE WORKED IN OPERA AND SPOKEN THEATRE.

LAURA ALSO SINGS IN ORATORIOS, INCLUDING AS A SOLOIST WITH THE MUNICH CHAMBER CHOIR LAUSCHWERK. 

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SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN MASTERCLASSES WITH SARAH MARIA SUN, DONATIENNE MICHEL-DANSAC AND VESSELINA KASAROVA AND RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS OF THE JOHN CAGE ORGAN FOUNDATION, THE KÜNSTLERHAUS BOSWIL AND THE BAMBERG MOZART SOCIETY. IN 2017 AND 2019 SHE WAS AWARDED A PERFORMANCE SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE MOZARTEUM UNIVERSITY SALZBURG.

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HER SISTER IS STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGNER DENISE LEISENTRITT.