Events for August 2026
sings First Maid in Elektra with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis, part of Edinburgh International Festival, on 23 August 2026 (Usher Hall).
sings Witch / Mother in Hansel and Gretel for Longborough Festival Opera on 1 August 2026, 2 August 2026, 4 August 2026, 6 August 2026 and 8 August 2026. On 23 August 2026, she sings Overseer in Elektra with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis, part of Edinburgh International Festival, on 23 August 2026 (Usher Hall).
sings Mermaid in Oberon with Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique conducted by Sir Mark Elder on 6 August 2026, part of the BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall, London).
sings Messiah with The King’s Consort conducted by Robert King on 14 August 2026 (Kloster Eberbach, Rheingau). With Constellation Choir & Orchestra conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, she sings Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, part of Praise & Destiny, on 21 August 2026 (Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, Santander), 22 August 2026 (Kursall Donostia, San Sebastian), 26 August 2026 (Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana), 28 August 2026 (Bremen, Die Glocke), 30 August 2026 (Belvedere Di Villa Rufolo, Ravello) and 31 August 2026 (Kurhaus Merano Stadttheater, Merano).
sings Fourth Maid in Elektra with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis, part of Edinburgh International Festival, on 23 August 2026 (Usher Hall).
joins English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Toby Purser for Proms at the Lake: One Hundred Years of Nature on 15 August 2026 (Shibden Hall, Halifax).
appears in Late Night Opera: Purcell The Fairy Queen on 6 August 2026 (St Endellion Church). On 15 August 2026, she joins English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Toby Purser for Proms at the Lake: One Hundred Years of Nature (Shibden Hall, Halifax).
sings Witch / Mother in Hansel and Gretel for State Opera of South Australia on 21 August 2026, 25 August 2026, 27 August 2026 and 29 August 2026.
sings Flora Bervoix in La traviata for Buxton International Festival at Norwich Theatre on 1 August 2026 and 2 August 2026.
sings Flora Bervoix in La traviata for Bregenz Festival on 1 August 2026, 4 August 2026, 6 August 2026, 8 August 2026, 11 August 2026, 13 August 2026, 15 August 2026, 18 August 2026, 20 August 2026, 22 August 2026.
James Laing joins Polski Chór Kameralny conducted by Jan Łukaszewski to sing Mozart’s Vesperae solemnes de Dominica and Zeidler’s Missa ex D, part of the 21st International Mozart Festival, on 22 August 2026 (Oliwa Cathedral, Gdánsk).
sings Azor in Grétry’s Zemira and Azor for Bampton Classical Opera on 31 August 2026 (Westonbirt Orangery).
sings Tamino in Die Zauberflöte for Les Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay on 8 August 2026, 10 August 2026 and 12 August 2026.
sings Tansy Davies’ The Passion of Mary Magdalene with Dunedin Consort directed by John Butt at Edinburgh International Festival on 8 August 2026 (Queen’s Hall). On 14 August 2026, he sings Messiah with The King’s Consort conducted by Robert King (Kloster Eberbach, Rheingau).
sings Timur in Turandot for St Endellion Summer Festival on 3 August 2026, 5 August 2026 and 7 August 2026 (St Endellion Church).
John Savournin’s Charles Court Opera production of Iolanthe is performed on 7 August 2026 (Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Buxton Opera House) and 23 August 2026 (Hever Festival).
