Laurence sings the bass soloist in Shostakovich's epic symphony, with the Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa in Lisbon

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Conductor: Pedro Carneiro

Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon

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Laurence sings Marchese d'Obigny with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland

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Conductor: Markus Poschner

Director: Carmelo Rifici

Lugano Arte e Cultura 

Laurence will join soprano Inês Simões and pianist Daniel Godinho in a lieder recital to be broadcast on Portugal's Antena 2.  Repertoire to include Wagner, Wolf and Berg.

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Fundação Oriente Museu

Lisbon, Portugal

Laurence will sing the title role in a concert version of Don Giovanni for the Circolo Culturale Lirico Bolognese

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Circolo Culturale Lirico Bolognese

Bologna

Laurence will sing Crébillon in Puccini's La Rondine

 

Conductor: Juraj Valčuha

Director: Lorenzo Mariani

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Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Laurence sings the title role in Don Giovanni for the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, Italy

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Conductor: Aldo Sisillo

Director: Stefano Poda

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Teatro Sociale, Rovigo

Laurence makes his role debut as Sam in San Carlo's new production of Un Ballo in Maschera in an all-star cast.

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Conductor: Donato Renzetti

Director: Leo Muscato​

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Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

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Laurence sings Bartolo for the first time, in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the Teatro Savoia, Campobasso. A concert performance on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the composer's death

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Teatro Savoia, Campobasso, Italy

Laurence will be the bass soloist for the inauguration of the Festival Suoni dal Golfo, in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle

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Conductor: Gianluca Marcianò

with Collegium Musicum Almae Matris

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San Francesco Church - Lerici, Italy, 21.30

Laurence will cover the role of Faraone in David Pountney's new production Rossini's Mosè in Egitto for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples for the work's 200th anniversary

 

Conductor: Stefano Montanari

Director: David Pountney​

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Teatro San Carlo, Naples

​Laurence will make his role debut as Osmin in Giorgio Strehler's legendary production at the Teatro San Carlo 

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Conductor: Hansjörg Albrecht

Director: Giorgio Strehler, restaged by Mattia Testi​

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Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

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Whilst resident at the Festival della Valle d'Itria, Laurence will cover the role of Astolfo in Vivaldi's Orlando Furioso, accompanied by the baroque ensemble, I Barocchisti.

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Conductor: Diego Fasolis

Director: Fabio Ceresa

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Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca

Laurence sings the role of Don Iñigo Gomez in Ravel's one-act masterpiece L'heure espagnole with Ensemble Mediterrain

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Conductor: Bruno Borralhinho

Director: Jorge Balça

Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon

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Laurence sings Hobson in a new production of Britten's Peter Grimes for Teatro La Fenice, Venice. 

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Conductor: Juraj Valčuha

Director: Paul Curran

Teatro La Fenice, Venice

Laurence will sing for the Circolo Culturale Lirico Bolognese in their reopening gala, after more than a year of closure due to the pandemic. Arias of Mozart, Rossini, Verdi and Bellini.

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Circolo Culturale Lirico Bolognese

Bologna

Laurence will make his debut with Teatro Municipale di Piacenza singing the role of Don Basilio

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Conductor: Nikolas Nägele

Director: Beppe de Tomasi

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Teatro Municipale di Piacenza

Laurence will make his role debut as Gualtiero Valton in Bellini's I Puritani, featuring Jessica Pratt

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Conductor: Stefano Ranzani

Director: Emilio Sagi​

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Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli

Festival Suoni dal Golfo, Lerici

Special concert in memory of the Morandi Bridge victims at Genova

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Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Conductor: Gianluca Marcianò

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21.00 Lerici, Italy

Laurence will return to the role of Colline in Francesco Saponaro's production for the Teatro San Carlo

 

​Conductor: Alessandro Palumbo

Director: Francesco Saponaro​

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Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

After the popularity of their first live recital brodcast, Laurence and the Ensemble Solomon Rossi return for a second installment.  This recital features interviews and further selections from their new disk of the Psalms of Benedetto Marcello, recorded for Concerto Classics

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Broadcast 21.30

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Radio 24, Il Sole 24 Ore

Italian National Radio

Live recital, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, Italy

Grenville in San Carlo's new production of La Traviata, with an all-star cast including Nino Machaidze and Leo Nucci

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Conductor: Jordi Bernacer/Maurizio Augostini

Director: Lorenzo Amato​

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Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

Laurence will return to the role of Colline in a new production for the Teatro San Carlo

 

​Conductor: Stefano Ranzani

Director: Mario Pontiggia

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Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Laurence will sing Zuniga in Bizet's Carmen in a new production for the Teatro Delle Muse

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Conductor: Guillaume Tourniaire

Director: Francesco Saponaro

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Teatro delle Muse Franco Corelli, Ancona​

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Laurence will present a recital of chamber music alongside guitarist Júlio Guerreiro. Music to include Stradella, Dowland, Purcell, Bellini, de Falla, Schubert etc.

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Bass-baritone: Laurence Meikle

Guitar: Júlio Guerreiro

Chapelle Saint-André de Comps-sur-Artuby,

France

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Schubert's Mass to be sung as a quartet with Maestro Christoph Poppen and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra

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Festival Internacional de Música de Marvão

Marvão, Portugal

Laurence will debut Schubert's final collection, Schwanengesang with pianist Daniel Godinho

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Festival Artis XXI

Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal

In lieu of the cancelled summer production, two concert performances will be presented. Featuring Ailyn Perés and Michael Fabiano

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Conductor: Juraj Valčuha

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Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Laurence will sing the Herald in Prokofiev's masterpiece at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples 

 

Conductor: Juraj Valčuha

Director: Alessandro Talevi​

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Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli

Mozart Missa Solemnis in C Major K.337

Laurence joins Coro Ricercare and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, led by Christoph Poppen in this Mozart mass for the Marvão International Festival, Portugal

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Conductor: Christoph Poppen

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Coro Ricercare​

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Igreja N. Stra da Estrela, Marvão, Portugal

Opera Gala celebrating the Rossini Opera Festival's Artistic Director and Honorary President, Gianfranco Mariotti. Laurence will sing excerpts from Il turco in Italia (Selim) and Mosè in Egitto (Faraone).

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Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro

Uppala Auditorium, Pesaro

In anticipation of the release of Laurence's latest recording with Concerto Classics, Laurence performs a live recital with Ensemble Solomon Rossi.  Repertoire includes tracks from the new disk of the Psalms of Benedetto Marcello.

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Broadcast 21.30

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Radio 24, Il Sole 24 Ore

Italian National Radio

Live recital, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, Italy

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Portinaio in Martin Kusej's acclaimed production. 

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Conductor: Juraj Valčuha

Director: Martin Kusej​

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Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

Grenville in Ferzan Öspetek's production of La Traviata for Teatro San Carlo, Naples

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Conductor: Renato Palumbo

Director: Ferzan Öspetek

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Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Belmonte in Meyerbeer's bel canto extravaganza, Margherita d'Anjou. Modern-day premiere for the Festival della Valle d'Itria

 

Conductor: Fabio Luisi

Director: Alessandro Talevi

 

Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca