| Biography | After graduating from Covent Gardens prestigious Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, Lauren Fagan has developed into one of todays finest young sopranos. Her debut this summer as Violetta in Rodula Gaitanous new production of La traviata for Opera Holland Park was met with unanimous critical acclaim for both her richness of tone and compelling stage presence. This season Lauren returns to the Royal Opera House as Woglinde in Keith Warners Ring Cycle under Sir Antonio Pappano, as well as making her role debut as Alcina at the Internationale Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe.
Notable highlights have included Roxana (Szymanowskis Krol Roger) under Antonio Pappano in Rome with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) with NHK Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, as well as Donna Anna and Musetta (La bohème) for her company debuts with Opera Holland Park and Welsh National Opera, respectively. Further ahead Laurens plans include her role debuts as Mimì (La Boheme), and Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito).
Equally in demand on the concert stage, recent successes have included joining Sakari Oramo for Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music as part of the First Night of the BBC Proms, Peer Gynt with Orchestre national de Lyon under Leonard Slatkin, and Agnès in concert performances of George Benjamins Written on Skin, with the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman, in London at LSO St Lukes and also in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre. This season Lauren sings Beethovens Symphony No.9 with Symphoniker Hamburg under Eivind Gullberg-Jensen, and with Oslo Philharmonic conducted by Klaus Mäkelä, as well as joining the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for Tippetts A Child of Our Time under David Hill.
During her seasons at Covent Garden, Lauren not only had the privilege of working with such esteemed conductors as Nicola Luisotti, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Mark Elder, Daniel Oren, Christian Curnyn, Cornelius Meister, Daniele Rustioni and Ivor Bolton but also developed an extensive repertoire of roles. Her appearances in a number of diverse productions on the main stage, ROH2, and the Linbury Theater included Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Giannetta (Lelisir damore), Lila (The Firework-Makers Daughter), Ines (Il trovatore), Sophie (Werther), Jemmy (Guillaume Tell), Lia (Lenfant prodigue), Blue Fairy (The Adventures of Pinocchio) and Giulia (La scala di seta). |