News About Lauren McNeese

Recent acclaim for ADA Artists

Lauren McNeese was “total delight”

Palm Beach Opera 50th Anniversary Gala

Excerpts from the ballroom scene of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus reflected the requisite champagne fizz, Aprea’s light touch capturing the music’s sparkle. It was wonderful to have a mezzo as Prince Orlofsky, restoring the harmonic palette of Strauss’ ensembles. Lauren McNeese’s bright timbre … read more

McNeese Shines Vocally in MOT Figaro

“As the hormonally out-of-control young page Cherubino, mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese set the bar for this production’s energy level. You may never see a more athletic Cherubino. McNeese plunges headlong into the page’s antics as breathless idolator of the countess and maddening nemesis of the count. She also makes the most … read more

McNeese in Zambello’s San Francisco ‘Ring’

Mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese spends her summer in San Francisco as Wellgunde/Rossweisse in the acclaimed production of Francesca Zambello’s new complete cycle of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Niebelungen. The production is winning over audiences and critics. McNeese and her fellow Rhinemaidens have been called “golden-voiced”, “a gilded yet lusty … read more