Hailed as the ‘standout singer’ in her debut as Iole in Handel’s Hercules at Karlsruhe Handel Festival, British/Australian soprano Lauren Lodge-Campbell was awarded both 2nd and Audience Prize at the 2018 Handel Singing Competition, and was a member of Les Arts Florissants’ Le Jardin des Voix. Lauren’s 2022-23 season includes 1st Witch in Purcell Dido and Aeneas with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants; Euridice in Charpentier La descente d’Orphee at the Vache Baroque Festival; Bach Christmas Oratorio with the Britten Sinfonia under Stephen Layton; a revival of Handel Hercules at the Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe; Purcell King Arthur with the Gabrieli Consort; and a return to Pinchgut Opera in Sydney to sing Eufemia in Legrenzi Giustino and Buxtehude, Membra Jesu nostri.
The 2021-22 season saw Lauren sing several concerts with Les Arts Florissants including Purcell Indian Queen and Filia in Carissimi Jephte; her German debut as Iole in Handel Hercules at the Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe and Cupid in Purcell King Arthur with the Gabrieli Consort at Festival International Opéra Baroque & Romantique Beaune. Lauren’s 2020-21 season included Mozart ‘Exsultate Jubilate’ (English Chamber Orchestra); a recital at the Oxford Lieder Festival with pianist Dylan Perez; Handel Messiah at the Saint Denis Festival with La Chapelle Harmonique, and Amor in Gluck Paris and Helen with Bampton Classical Opera.
