Canadian soprano Lauren Margison is a graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble studio, the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal and a multi year alumna of the Highlands Opera Studio. In 2024 she was a first prize winner of the Sullivan Foundation and the recipient of a Sylva Gelber Foundation Grant. She was a first prize winner of the 2018 George London Competition, and was also the youngest finalist in the Meistersinger von Nürnberg competition in 2016. In 2020 she was a semi finalist in the Glyndebourne Cup, in 2021 a grand prize laureate Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques and in 2022 a semi finalist of the CMIM competition in Montreal, the recipient of a Sylva Gelber Foundation grant, and the first prize winner of Edmonton Opera’s inaugural Rumbold Vocal Prize. In 2023 Lauren was a semi finalist in the Paris Opera Competition. Her recent credits include Desdemona in Otello, Nedda in Pagliacci, Anna in Le Villi (Staatstheater Mainz); Micaëla in Carmen (Pacific Opera Victoria); the titular role in Vanessa (VoiceBox OIC); the titular role in the Csardas Princess (Toronto Operetta Theatre); Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the titular role in Suor Angelica(Highlands Opera Studio); and appeared as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth with the Quebec Symphony. 24/25 season highlights include the role of Mimi in La Boheme with Opera de Montreal and the titular role in Alceste with VoiceBox OIC. Margison holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Montreal where she studied under the tutelage of Rosemarie Landry and Richard Margison.
