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Adam Lau
United States

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Biography

During the 2025-26 season, Adam Lau makes his HGO debut as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi, part of Il trittico. Elsewhere during the season, he performs as Timur in Turandot with Florida Grand Opera and Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville with Calgary Opera. During the 2024-25 season, Lau performed the role of Samuel in A Masked Ball at the San Francisco Opera; returned to Minnesota Opera for Romeo and Juliet as Frère Laurent; and performed as Narbal in Les Troyens and Angelotti in Tosca with Seattle Opera. He recorded with Pentatone, EuroArts, and San Francisco Classical Recording Company, in addition to performing as Oroveso in Norma in Romania and Lord Chief Justice in Gordon Getty’s Plump Jack at Skywalker Sound, a role he will reprise for the filmed production. In the 2023-24 season, Lau performed in concert with the Metropolitan Opera at Carnegie Hall and on the company’s European tour, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin; sang Sarastro in The Magic Flute under the baton of Marin Alsop; rejoined San Francisco Opera to cover Kobun in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs; and sang a Noble in Lohengrin. He debuted with the Atlanta Symphony in Bruckner’s Te Deum, followed by a return to Utah Opera in a signature role—the title role in The Marriage of Figaro—and performed as Commendatore in Don Giovanni at Arizona Opera. Lau performed Verdi’s Requiem at the Artisphere Festival, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Saskatoon Symphony, and was a guest soloist for Seattle Opera’s 60th Anniversary Concert and Gala. He has received top honors in several major competitions, including First Prize at the George London Competition, the Jensen Vocal Competition, the Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition, and the Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition. 

HGO Repertoire

HGO DEBUT SEASON