Lara Bruckmann Soprano
	.Lara Bruckmann has been dubbed “excellent, emotionally and vocally”(Contra Costa Times), “a singer with real potential” (Denver Post) and credited with “vibrant, on the money performance” (SF Weekly), ”a real flair for comedy” (Castro Valley Forum) and characters that “steal the show… should win an Oscar for this” (Oakland Tribune).

She has sung and acted on many Bay Area stages, including the Plush Room, Palace of Fine Arts, New Conservatory Theatre Center, The Legion of Honor, Scottish Rite Temple, EXIT, ODC, Venue Nine, New Langton Arts, Jazz House, and Ruby Skye. Her many actingand musical theatre credits include Aldonza/Dulcinea (Man of La Mancha), the Witch (Into the Woods), Sonia Walsk (They're Playing Our Song), Rose (The Lights), Suzette (Don't Dress for Dinner), and Rosie (Bye Bye Birdie), and she has won several Best Actress awards. Lara keeps one foot in the opera world, where she has played roles such as Dido (Pforzheimer Opera), Arsena (Colorado Lyric Theatre Festival), and has placed in competitions hosted by West Bay Opera, East Bay Opera League, and National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is also a frequent classical recitalist, including recent concerts at Chapel of the Chimes and the Bellevue Club, and frequent performances with Oakland Lyric Opera. Current projects include her original one-woman show “Divagation: an internal cabaret”, premiering this fall at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and Girlkulture, a saucy cabaret trio that performs regularly in the Bay Area and has plans to begin touring next year. Lara trained in opera at Rice University (BM) and The New England Conservatory (MM). She is founder and director emeritus of Arts First Oakland, where she is still on the Board of Directors. Lara teaches private voice lessons out of her home in San Francisco. For more and current information about Lara, go to her website