Laura Parfitt

Born in Risca, South Wales Laura Parfitt began her studies at Welsh College of Music and Drama and then at the Royal Academy of Music, completing her studies at Dennis O&rsquoNeill’s Cardiff International Academy of Voice. She has won numerous prizes including an award from the BBC, the Dame Eva Turner Prize for dramatic soprano, the Harriet Cohen Major Prize and the Sir Geraint Evans Scholarship. She was also a finalist for both the Young Welsh Singer Competition and the W. Towyn Roberts Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod. Laura Parfitt’s engagements have included the title role in Anna Bolena and Donna Elvira Don Giovanni for English Touring Opera, Adina L’elisir d’amore and Rose Maybud Ruddigore for Opera Della Luna and Iford Festival Opera, Gretchen The Poacher at the Buxton Fes