Steven LaBrie

Artist

Birthday March 4, 1988

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Dallas, Texas, U.S.

Age 36 years old

Nationality United States

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1988

Steven LaBrie (born March 4, 1988) is an American baritone, best known as a member of classical crossover group Il Divo.

LaBrie was named among the five leading lyric baritones to watch by Opera News.

2006

In 2006, Mr. LaBrie was a Third Place winner of the Dallas Opera Vocal Competition, where he was also awarded The Mozart Award for best aria interpretation.

2008

He was also awarded First Place in the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition and Second Place in the Palm Beach Opera Competition in 2008, where he performed in the grand winner's concert accompanied by the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra.

That same year, he was awarded Second Place at the Parkinson Competition and was a recipient of the Sergio Franchi Scholarship.

2010

In 2010, he was an encouragement award winner in Washington, DC for the Metropolitan Opera National Council.

2015

Additionally, he has been awarded the Grand Prize at the Florida Grand Opera Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition, Fourth Prize at both the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition and the Giulio Gari Foundation Competition andmthe 2015 Gilda Morelli Prize for Best Vocal and Dramatic Interpretation of an Aria at the Concurso Nacional de Canto Carlo Morelli in Mexico City, which was expecially chosen by tenor Francisco Araiza.

He was special guest on tour with classical crossover vocal quartet Il Divo since 2022.

He was asked to fill in for Carlos Marín following his death.

On August 17, 2023 he officially became the fourth member of the group.

LaBrie is openly gay and engaged to concert pianist Adam Reed Nielsen.

2016

Steven LaBrie has received numerous awards and honors including a 2016 Top Prize award and a 2013 Encouragement Grant from the George London Music Foundation in 2016, Second Place from the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition as well as the Judges Award with the Opera Index Competition.