Scottish mezzo soprano Lauren Young is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Alexander Gibson Opera School and an inaugural studio artist at the Mascarade Opera Studio in Florence. She is also a Britten Pears Young Artist and recipient of an Independent Opera Voice Scholarship and Fellowship. Earlier this year she was a semi-finalist in the 42nd Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.
In the current season engagements include Mezzo Soloist The Big Opera Mystery and June Spoon (cover) Pass the Spoon (Opera North); and The Duchess of Plaza-Toro The Gondoliers (English Touring Opera).
Among her recent highlights are Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia (Longborough Festival Opera); Baba the Turk The Rake’s Progress, Tisbe La Cenerentola, Mathilde Ottone (English Touring Opera); Daughter 6 Akhnaten (English National Opera); Mezzo The F*ggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions (Ruhrtriennale Festival); Vanamaka Zonnendanz Donizetti’s Viva la Diva (Buxton International Festival); and Witch Hansel and Gretel (British Youth Opera/Silent Opera).
Her other operatic roles include Erste Mägde Elektra, Flosshilde Das Rheingold (Edinburgh Players Opera Group); Lucretia The Rape of Lucretia, Sorceress Dido and Aeneas, Jade Boucher Dead Man Walking (UK Staged Premiere); Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro; Madame de Croissy Dialogues des Carmélites (RCS). She has also covered Maddalena Rigoletto, Rita The Handmaid’s Tale, Rossweisse The Valkyrie, cover Mrs Alexander Satyagraha (English National Opera); Angelina La Cenerentola (British Youth Opera); and Zita Gianni Schicchi (RCS).
Recent concert highlights have included A Charm of Lullabies with Malcolm Martineu as part of the Britten Pears Arts Britten Song Weekend and Das Lied von der Erde with Nicholas Daniels and the Irion Orchestra. Other concert repertoire include Verdi Requiem, Duruflé Requiem, Bach B Minor Mass, Magnificat and St. John Passion, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Mozart Requiem, Pergolesi Stabat Mater.
A keen interpreter of song, Lauren has a special performing relationship with Spanish pianist and répétiteur José Javier Ucendo. As a duo, they won the Elgar-Spedding Memorial Lieder Prize (RCS), and were finalists in the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform, they also appeared as young artists as the Leeds Lieder Festival. Lauren also performed as part of the Independent Opera Scholar’s Recital at Wigmore Hall and the Opera In Song series at Opera Holland Park.
Rosina / Il barbiere di Siviglia / Longborough Festival Opera / 2025
“…the vital Rosina of Lauren Young, spirited, resourceful, light on her feet, and with a coloratura that was truly impressive and a fullness of tone that could ping the highest notes above even the busiest of ensembles.”
(Opera)
“Lauren Young was an irresistible mall-queen Rosina, all sass and telenovela dramatics, backed by a plush, warm, powerful instrument. She handled Rossini’s coloratura adroitly and with taste…”
(Opera Canada)
“Lauren Young is a suitably feisty Rosina, and displays a persuasive mezzo-soprano and strong sense of mischief in ‘Una voce poco fa’.”
(MusicOMH)
Maurya / Riders to the Sea / OperaUpClose / 2025
“Lauren Young used her formidable mezzo and unrestrained sense of drama unsparingly, gathering the evening around her like a shroud.”
(Opera)
“…the standout presence of Lauren Young as the grieving mother. Young’s richly dark-toned mezzo is not only beautifully placed and produced, but she never over-emotes, which – given that the opera describes the death of all her sons – is particularly impressive.”
(The Stage)
Baba the Turk / The Rake’s Progress / English Touring Opera / 2024
“Lauren Young’s splendidly characterised Baba…”
(The Times)
“Lauren Young brings vocal glamour and bags of pizzazz to bearded lady Baba The Turk.”
(The Stage)
“Lauren Young as a luxuriantly bearded Baba the Turk, whose late scene with Fikret was both beautifully sung and touching in its shared emotions…”
(Opera)
25 Oct | 8, 15, 22 Nov 2025
The Big Opera Mystery
Conductor: Jack Ridley
Director: Jonathan Ainscough
29 Nov 2025
Finzi: In terra pax
Bruch: Gruß an die heilige Nacht
Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio
Conductor: Robert Secret
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