Laura Kathryn Wright (born 17 June 1990) is an

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soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs classical and operatic music, popular songs, musical theatre, and folk songs.

Early life

Wright was born in

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, and grew up in

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. She won a scholarship to attend the fee-paying

Framlingham College Framlingham College is a public school (independent day and boarding school) in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Together with its preparatory school and nursery at Brandeston Hall, it serves pupils from 3 to 18 yea ...

. Wright has three brothers.

Career

Wright's first notable achievement, at 14, was as chorister of the year.. She then went on to be a member of the group

All Angels All Angels were a British classical crossover group formed in 2006, consisting of Daisy Chute, Laura Wright, Rachel Fabri, Melanie Nakhla and actress Charlotte Ritchie. The group's style was classical crossover music and close harmony arran ...

. She has previously performed at men's and women's rugby matches at Twickenham. Wright has been a regular at the NFL matches and has performed at Rugby League, The Carnegie Challenge Cup Final, WSB Boxing, polo, the Carling Cup Final, The Championship Play-off Final and the FA Cup Final. In April 2016, she performed at The Grand National and, in July, she was the official anthem singer at the British Grand Prix.. In recent years however she has been less visible in this role. In 2016, she wrote "Heroes"; the first official anthem of the England Women's Cricket team. She is also the first Ambassador for the Kia Women's Cricket League. Wright performed at the opening ceremony for Prince Harry's inaugural Invictus Games where she debuted a new piece she wrote "Invincible", taken from her album Sound of Strength. Wright was the first mezzo-soprano to perform at the Olympic Stadium, has toured with Alfie Boe and Russell Watson, opened the iTunes Festival for Andrea Bocelli and duetted with Donny Osmond for '' Children in Need''. She was involved in the

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celebrations, via her song "Stronger As One". It secured a No. 1 chart position on

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album. Wright has trained to county level in hockey, netball, tennis and javelin. On 10th September 2022, after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Laura sang a note-perfect rendition of "God Save The King" at the start of the third Test Match between England and South Africa at The Oval. This was the first time that version of the National Anthem had been officially sung at a sporting event in 70 years.

Nominated for a Classical Brit Award, Wright went on to receive the PPL Classical Award at the Nordoff Robbins 02 Silver Clef Awards. Alongside her role as ambassador at Nordoff Robbins, Laura is an ambassador of Arthritis Research UK, having battled her own debilitating condition at a very young age. She is also an ambassador for SportsAid and for the Invictus Games.

Discography

Solo (albums)

* 2011: ''

The Last Rose ''The Last Rose'' is the debut studio album by contemporary classical vocalist Laura Wright (singer), Laura Wright. It was released on 25 July 2011 by Decca Records. Idea and arrangement In an interview, Wright said: “These songs have been p ...

'' (UK Albums Chart No. 24; Classical Charts No. 1) * 2012: ''Glorious'' (UK Albums Chart No. 52) * 2014: ''The Sound of Strength''

With All Angels (albums)

* 2006: ''

'' * 2007: '' Into Paradise'' * 2009: ''Fly Away''

Featured Artist

*2012: "Stronger As One" (''

'') *2014: " Don't Give Up" (''

The Soundtrack of My Life ''The Soundtrack of My Life'' is the 18th studio album by American singer Donny Osmond, released in 2014. It contains his versions of popular songs from his youth, like "Ben", " My Cherie Amour", and "Baby Love". The album peaked at No. 181 on t ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Laura 1990 births Living people English sopranos People from Mid Suffolk District Alumni of the Royal College of Music People educated at Framlingham College Decca Records artists People from Framlingham 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers All Angels members