Laura Coppinger

Laura Coppinger’s previous operatic roles include Die Frau / Erwartung (Schönberg) with Orchestra Vox, Zerlina / Don Giovanni (Mozart) with Oxford Alternative Orchestra, Baroness Irene / La Vera Costanza (Haydn) with New Chamber Opera, Cunegonde / Candide (Bernstein) with Barricade Arts, Second Woman / Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) with Glyndebourne Youth Opera, Ninfa / L’Orfeo (Monteverdi) with Theatron Oneiron, Mabel / The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan), Angelina / Trial by Jury (Gilbert and Sullivan), Oasis / L’Etoile (Chabrier) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Pallas / The Judgement of Paris (Weldon). In addition, as a 2025-26 Brighton Early Music Festival Young Artist, last Autumn she performed the roles of L’Amour / Nymphe / La Sylphide in Mademoiselle Duval’s rarely performed opera: Les Génies. She has a keen interest in contemporary classical music, a passion she has had since performing in the premiere of David Bruce’s Nothing as a member of Glyndebourne Youth Opera. Since then, she has performed in multiple operatic premieres in Oxford, Manchester, and London, including with Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera and at the Tête à Tête Festival. 

Song is a crucial part of Laura's artistic identity, particularly English as she loves the expressive potential and connection with her mother tongue. In 2024 she was placed second in the John Kerr Award for English Song, with a programme spanning Thomas Campion to Oliver Knussen. In 2022 she was a finalist in the Elgar/Spedding Memorial Lieder Competition and achieved 2nd place in the Charles Wood International Song Competition, winning the Charles Wood Song Prize. She developed a keen interest in lute song whilst studying in Glasgow, and has recorded sixteenth-century Scottish lute songs for use at Dean Castle, Ayrshire, in addition to  studying Lute song with James Potter and Jacob Heringman at Dartington Summer School in 2022. A keen recitalist, she is a 2026 Song Easel Young Artist and a 2024 Leeds Lieder Young Artist, and has given recitals at Broadway Arts Festival, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building and various venues across Oxford, Glasgow and London. She also enjoys workshopping new compositions, including at the University of Oxford and the Purcell School.

Laura is a previous graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MA in Vocal Performance) where she held a scholarship, the Dunedin Consort’s Bridging the Gap scheme 2022/23, Leeds Lieder Festival Young Artist Programme (2024), and Brighton Early Music Festival’s Emerging Artist Scheme 2025/26, and has performed with Grange Park Opera (2025) and Longborough Festival Opera (2023). She has been kindly supported by Help Musicians as a Postgraduate Award holder, by The Caird Trust, by the Sutherland Page Trust, and by Broadway Arts Festival.

Photo by Tommy Ga-Ken