"A joy to listen to"
- Indie Opera
"when she is onstage, you know it."
"Cook is the kind of actress who, when she is on stage, you know it.
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All eyes are on her, and she achieves this not with tricks, flips, mugging or winks but with a presence that quietly states “I am here and you are going to watch me”.
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It was a commanding performance vocally and she showed that maturity and command of character that is sure to please audiences well into this century."
​-National Opera Association
About Lauren
During the 24/25 season, Cook returned to the Academy of Music to perform LeeAnn and cover Theresa Alvarez in the U.S. Premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners with Opera Philadelphia. Following, Cook jumped in to debut L’enfant in L’enfant et les sortilèges as a Guest Artist with Dickinson College. Closing out 2024, Cook performed as the Alto Soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Tulsa Symphony.
Starting 2025, Cook performed as the Alto Soloist in Carol Barnett's The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass with the Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective. Cook then made a company debut with Opera Columbus, performing Cherubino in her 4th production of Le nozze di Figaro.
Other notable stage credits include Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos), Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Mélisande (Impressions de Pelléas), Hannah After (As One), Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Scalia-Ginsburg), Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), and Tisbe (La Cenerentola).
Cook has also performed as a soloist with Phoenix Symphony and the Albany Symphony Orchestra, as well as in selected concerts in Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Cook was also a featured soloist in Boston Symphony Hall in a gala hosted by Alan Cumming.
In the news.
“Mezzo-soprano Lauren Cook brought abundant personality, if not equal amplitude of vibrant tone.”
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Opera News
“Cook was very convincing as the bumbling, scared of his own shadow Cherubino."
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Digital Beat Magazine
2025 / 26
Starting the 25/26 season, Cook will perform the roles of Nurse/Matron on the premiere recording of Rene Orth’s 10 Days in a Madhouse alongside Kiera Duffy (Nellie), Raehann Bryce-Davis (Lizzie), and Will Liverman (Dr. Josiah Blackwell), under the baton of Daniela Candillari - produced and engineered by 15-time Grammy award winning record producer Judith Sherman.
Cook will then head to Connecticut to perform Kate in Pirates of Penzance, in a company debut with Salt Marsh Opera. Following, Cook will perform as the Alto Soloist in the Duruflé Requiem with Symphony in C and the Bucks County Choral Society.
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In January 2026, Cook will head to Nebraska for another company debut performing Mrs. Ott in Susannah with Opera Omaha.
