Lawrence Brownlee

Lawrence Brownlee Tenor

Biography

Lawrence Brownlee performs both in the bel canto repertoire and in contemporary opera. He is a guest artist at major international opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Royal Ballet and Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Zurich Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

In recent seasons, he has performed roles such as Tonio (La Fille du régiment), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’amore), the Italian Singer (Der Rosenkavalier), Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles), Fernand (La Favorite), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), as well as the title roles in Le Comte Ory and Mitridate, re di Ponto.

During the 2025–2026 season, he appears as Tonio, Elvino (La sonnambula), and Arturo Talbot (I puritani) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He also makes his debut at the New National Theatre Tokyo as the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto).

At the Paris Opera: L’Italiana in Algeri (Lindoro), 2010; The Barber of Seville (Count Almaviva), 2012, 2016; Don Pasquale (Ernesto), 2018; La Cenerentola (Don Ramiro), 2018; Platée (title role), 2022; La Fille du régiment (Tonio), 2024; I puritani (Arturo Talbot), 2025.

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