Lauren Flanigan

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Lauren Flanigan (born May 18, 1959) is an American operatic soprano who has had a long international career.

She had a fruitful relationship with the New York City Opera, appearing with the company almost every year since 1990.

During her career, she has performed more than 100 opera roles on stage, often appearing in contemporary or rarely staged operas.

"Flanigan has had one of the most memorable careers of any artist of her time," Opera News reported, with a high number of contemporary works.

Modern composers adore her because of her inherent musicality, dramatic ability, and lightning-fast skills and intuition."

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Education and early career

Flanigan was born in San Francisco, California, and the niece of Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants. She appeared in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw with the San Francisco Western Opera Theatre in 1971, at the age of 12. Flora's portrayal resulted in her full scholarship to study music, violin, and voice in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's pre-college program. When she was there, she studied voice with Alice Taylor. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University, where she was a Mac Morgan voice student. She pursued graduate studies in vocal performance with Judith Raskin at the Manhattan School of Music in 1984, earning a Master of Music degree. In 1986, she was accepted as a postgraduate student in voice at the Juilliard School.

Flanigan attributes a large part of her early life to Dr. Robert Larsen of the Des Moines Metro Opera, where she appeared as Clorinda in Gioachino Rossini's La Cenerentola and as Curley's Wife in Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men. In 1987, Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème and Miss Jessel; 1989 as Rosalinda in Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus; and 1990 in Britten's Peter Grimes. In 1986, she appeared in Leila in Georges Bizet's Les Pecheurs de Perles for the Hawaii Opera Theatre. Where's Dick?, a world premiere by Stewart Wallace in 1987. Anne Bogart's Opera Omaha is under Anne Bogart's direction. Sophie Scholl played in the United States premiere of Udo Zimmermann's Weiße Rose in 1988 and returned to Omaha to appear as Sophie Scholl. Music-Theatre Group's reworking of the Massenet opera Cendrillon in January of this year was premiered at St Clement's Church in New York City, starring Eve Ensler, music director Jeff Halprin, and stage director Anne Bogart in a new production titled Cinderella/Cendrillon.

In 1990 Flanigan appeared in Richard Strauss' Intermezzo with the Glimmerglass Opera, returning two years later to portray the government in The Turn of the Screw. Donna Anna debuted in 1991 at the Seattle Opera, becoming both the governor and Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata. In 1992, she appeared in The Bride/Wife/Mother in Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom premiere at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

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Awards and honours

• Betty Allen Prize from the New York City Opera
• Diva Award from Emmanuel Ungaro
• An award from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for her commitment to performing the works of living composers.
• Artist of the Year Award from the Center for Contemporary Opera.
• She is featured in the books Bad Behavior and The Irish Face.
• Thrice named one of the "Top 100 Irish Americans" by Irish America Magazine for her concert series Comfort Ye, which raises food and clothing for New York's homeless.
• The Spirit of the City Award from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for enlivening the musical life of New York City.
• The Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University.
• Lifetime Achievement Award from The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation
• Lifetime Achievement Award from Career Bridges
• Good Neighbor Award from Goddard Riverside for her work open behalf on New York's Homeless