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Oparu is the musical endeavor of Los Angeles based songwriter, singer and actress, Dianna St. Hilaire. Oparu’s music can be described as future electro with a dark ethereal undertone. Combined with dream-like operatic vocals, the music creates a unique depiction of modern pop culture.
Originally from Albuquerque, St. Hilaire started to write and perform music at a very young age in choir and musicals. Self taught, her first instrument was the piano and she worked tirelessly at the craft of reading and writing music. When she was in her late teens, she began performing with punk bands and for producers as a back up/ studio vocalist in New Mexico. This is where she took on her first musical alias in the highly successful group, Versailles.
Partnering with the infamous Kim Fowley (The Runaways, Kiss, Joan Jett, Alice Cooper), she has toured the US extensively, been featured on the official Grammy ballots, as well as charting on Billboard. Versailles’s music was also on rotation with popular stations across the U.S. including KROQ and NPR tastemaker, KCRW.
Diana reinvented herself in late 2015 with the new project Oparu, deriving from the Japanese name of the birthstone opal. It’s roots stem from experimental electronic, 80’s synth pop and alternative rock. “The music represents pure animalistic human emotion”, St. Hilaire confesses, “It epitomizes what it is like to be human by transcending the human experience with self discovery and acceptance of who we are on an emotional level.” Influences can be found throughout the record including the likes of Mt. Eden, Lindsey Stirling, director David Lynch, American Horror Story, and Zola Jesus.
