A first-year Butler Studio Artist from Chicago, Lauren Randolph was the third-place winner at HGO’s 2026 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias. She makes her HGO debut in the 2026-27 season as Third Lady in mainstage and Family Day performances of The Magic Flute, and will also sing the role of a Noble Orphan in Der Rosenkavalier. In 2025, Randolph was recognized as a National Finalist in The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Randolph’s recent operatic performances include Madame de Croissy in Dialogues of the Carmelites and Mistress Quickly in Falstaff with Juilliard Opera and Grimgerde in Die Walküre and Third Lady in The Magic Flute with The Santa Fe Opera. Randolph recently performed as the Soprano 2 soloist in Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars’s Music for New Bodies with the American Modern Opera Company. In 2023, she debuted with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Civic Orchestra as the alto soloist in Bach’s Cantatas Nos. 40 and 110. She has performed as the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Duruflé Requiem, and as the alto soloist in J.S. Bach’s cantata “Ihr werdet weinen und heulen” and Easter Oratorio, Johann Schelle’s “Gott, sende dein Licht,” and Mozart’s Requiem. In December 2025, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as the alto soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Cecilia Chorus of New York. Randolph holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Kovner Fellowship.