Laura Kathryn Wright is an Englishsoprano. 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 Suffolk, and grew up in Framlingham. She won a scholarship to attend the fee-paying Framlingham College. 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. 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 Diamond Jubilee celebrations, via her song "Stronger As One". It secured a No. 1 chart position on Gary Barlow's Sing EP. Wright has trained to county level in hockey, netball, tennis and javelin. 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.
