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Lawrence Barasa

Tenor

Lawrence Barasa Kiharangwa (Nairobi, Kenya) began his musical training as a member of The Kenyan Boys Choir, performing alongside artists such as The Tenors, Jonas Brothers, Nelly Furtado, Ellie Goulding, Ciara, and Demi Lovato. His contributions to the choir are showcased in its albums Liberty and Furahia, and he was named an ambassador for WE and Free the Children.

On the opera stage, Lawrence has performed Spoletta in Tosca with Eugene Opera, Don Basilio and Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro with the Astoria Music Festival, as well as the title role in Les contes d'Hoffmann and Don José in La Tragédie de Carmen at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance.

During the 2022/2023 season, he sang Rodolfo in La bohème and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Maryland Opera Studio. In summer 2023, he joined The Santa Fe Opera as an apprentice, followed by the 2023/2024 season as a studio artist with Pensacola Opera.