The German-British mezzo-soprano Laura Hemingway was born in Lüneburg and grew up near Munich. She studied at the Munich University of Music and Theater, first with Andreas Schmidt and later with Christiane Iven. She received further musical inspiration from James Cheung, Fritz Schwinghammer and Rudi Spring. During her studies she was a scholarship holder of the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes".

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In her artistic career to date, the singer has appeared in numerous opera productions. In spring 2024, she was seen as Aglatida (JC Bach: Zanaida) in the Prinzregententheater with the Munich Radio Orchestra. She also sang the role of Cherubino (WA Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro) in a production of the "Opernbus" of the Munich University of Music. Her performance of the miniature opera "Scene of a Nocturnal Reminiscence" by Marko Jukić and Hannah Wendel as part of the "Playlist" project (a writing workshop of the Ludwig Maximilian University and the Munich University of Music) was received to critical acclaim. This year she will appear in two operas by Henry Purcell. In July in The Fairy Queen with the Georgian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Ariel Zuckermann and in October as Dido (Dido and Aeneas) in a production of the "Musiktheater im Reaktor" of the Munich University of Music.