Laura Alonso Hall in New York in November with the opera "Las horas vacías" ("The Empty Hours") by Ricardo Llorca. Recently she has performed with the Symphony of Egypt. She also toured the most important theatres in China. Last May she played the role of Violetta in "La traviata" at the opera theatre in Darmstadt. She has also interpreted Lucia di Lammermoor in Illinois, likewise the role of Konstanze in "The Abduction from the Seraglio" by Mozart, in Illinois too. At the Aalto Theatre in Essen (Germany), she received the Best Artist Award, by popular acclaim, and she has sung again during
Il caso Mortara season. Il caso Mortara Il caso Mortara (The Mortara Case) is an opera in two acts composed by Francesco Cilluffo to an Italian-language libretto by the composer himself, inspired by "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara" by David Kertzer. The opera was commissioned by the Dicapo Opera Theater, New York, and premiered in February 2010. It is the first Italian opera commissioned to an Italian composer by a New York opera company since the times of Giacomo Puccini at the Metropolitan Opera. "New York Times" critic Anthony Tommasini hailed it as one of the most important events of New York's 2010