Scottish mezzo soprano Lauren Young is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Alexander Gibson Opera Studio and was one of the inaugural artists of Mascarade Opera Studio in Florence.

Future engagements include work at the Ruhrtriennale 2024 festival in Bochum and a role debut at Longborough Festival Opera in 2025.

Recent performances include Baba The Turk for English Touring Opera.

“Young, meanwhile, makes a really fine Baba, funny, self-assured, tellingly compassionate beneath the self-dramatisation.”

Tim Ashley (The Guardian)

“The auction zings along, thanks in large part to Robin Bailey’s exuberant auctioneer Sellem and Lauren Young’s splendidly characterised Baba…”

Richard Morrison (The Times)

“Lauren Young brings vocal glamour and bags of pizzazz to bearded lady Baba The Turk.”

George Hall (The Stage)