This week, Layla Claire makes an anticipated Salzburger Festspiele debut as Donna Elvira in Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s production of Don Giovanni. Conducted by Alain Altinoglu, performances run from 4 to 21 August.

This versatile Canadian soprano has enjoyed several important debuts in the last seasons including Governess (Turn of the Screw) at Opernhaus Zürich, Blanche de la Force (Les dialogues des Carmélites) at Washington National Opera and Tusnelda in Handel’s seldom-performed Arminio at the Handel-Festspiele Karlsruhe and on commercial release on the DECCA label.