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Lauren Randolph is a New York based mezzo-soprano

Randolph’s recent operatic performances include Mistress Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff and Madame de Croissy in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites with Juilliard Opera and Grimgerde in Wagner’s Die Walküre with The Santa Fe Opera. An avid interpreter of Handel and Baroque opera, she has recently performed the roles of Amastre in Serse, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, Disinganno in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Calypso in Polifemo by Porpora. Other appearances include La Zia Principessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and the Soprano II in Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars’ Music for New Bodies.

Randolph (left) as Grimgerde in Die Walküre at The Santa Fe Opera with Ryan Speedo Green (right) as Wotan and Jasmin Ward (back) as Gerhilde

In addition to operatic repertoire, Randolph is a skilled concert soloist, having recently debuted at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium as the Alto Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Cecilia Chorus of New York. At 23 years old, she debuted with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Civic Orchestra as the Alto Soloist in Bach’s cantatas 40 and 110. She has also performed as the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Duruflé Requiem, the alto soloist in J.S. Bach’s Ihr werdet weinen und heulen and Oster-Oratorium, Johann Schelle’s Gott, sende dein Licht, and Mozart’s Requiem.

Randolph as the Soprano II in Music for New Bodies conducted by Aucoin (left) at the Meany Center in Seattle