{"id":34,"date":"2024-08-18T22:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T22:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:51:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2012-Heashot-Smiling-PS-Edited-sharpened-brightest-001-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2012-Heashot-Smiling-PS-Edited-sharpened-brightest-001-2-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2012-Heashot-Smiling-PS-Edited-sharpened-brightest-001-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d595dc912adfda1c450895ee00fa09bb wp-block-paragraph\">Soprano <strong>Laura Loge<\/strong> has been hailed for her &#8220;luminous stage presence&#8221; and &#8220;characterful and versatile voice.&#8221; Opera roles include Gudrid (<em>Leif Erikson<\/em>), Violetta (<em>La Traviata<\/em>), Musetta (<em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>), Mica\u00ebla (<em>Carmen<\/em>), \u00c4nnchen (<em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em>), Lisa (<em>La Sonnambula<\/em>), La F\u00e9e (<em>Cendrillon<\/em>), Lucy (<em>The Telephone<\/em>), Pousette <em>(Manon),<\/em> Guadalena and Ninetta (<em>La Perichole<\/em>), Rosalinda (<em>Die Fledermaus<\/em>), Second Lady (<em>Magic Flute<\/em>), Goddess Diana (<em>Iphig\u00e9nie en Aulide<\/em>), Suor Genovieffa (<em>Suor Angelica<\/em>) and Miss Silverpeal (<em>The Impresario<\/em>).\u00a0 She has performed as the soprano soloist in <em>Requiems <\/em>by Mozart, Faure, Rutter, Schumann, and Verdi, Beethoven&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Ninth Symphony<\/em> and <em>Incidental Music to Egmont<\/em>, Nielsen&#8217;s <em>Symphony no. 3,<\/em> Grieg&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Songs for Soprano and Orchestra<\/em>, <em>Foran Sydens Kloster,<\/em> and <em>Peer Gynt,<\/em>\u00a0Elfrida Andr\u00e9e&#8217;s <em>Sufrage Cantata, <\/em>Schumann&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Mass,<\/em>\u00a0and Handel&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Messiah.<\/em>\u00a0She has presented innumerable recitals, presentations, workshops, and masterclasses of Nordic art song across the United States and in Norway, including in Edvard Grieg&#8217;s villa. She has released two CDs,\u00a0<em>Breaking the Language Barrier<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Songs &amp; Piano Music of Edvard Grieg, Op. 33 &amp; 66<\/em>. Her third and fourth albums, <em>Der skreg en fugl,<\/em> featuring world premier recordings of songs by Norwegian women, and <em>Musical Migration<\/em>, songs by Norwegian-American immigrants, will be released by in 2026. Laura is the Artistic Director of the Nordic Chamber Music Series in Seattle, Music Series Cooridnator at Saint Mark&#8217;s Episcopal Cathedral, and the President and Founder of the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full bio available <a href=\"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/bio\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"82\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit Laura&#8217;s profiles on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauralogesoprano\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/laura-loge\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3HavWSVIZGe4W_sVNRVBJw\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soprano Laura Loge has been hailed for her &#8220;luminous stage presence&#8221; and &#8220;characterful and versatile voice.&#8221; Opera roles include Gudrid (Leif Erikson),<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/about\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templeat-page-bilder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395,"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauraloge.com\/update2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}