Biography

The young British tenor Maximilian Lawrie hails from Hertfordshire. In his younger years, Maximilian studied Double Bass, Piano, Organ, and Composition.

From 2014 – 2017, Maximilian studied at Oxford University, attaining a first-class degree in Music, whilst holding an Academical Clerkship (Choral Scholarship) at Magdalen College.

From 2018 – 2022, Maximilian studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, firstly on the Master’s in Vocal Performance course and latterly for an Advanced Diploma in Opera. There he sang Lysander (A Midsummer’s Nights Dream), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), and First Sailor (Dido and Aeneas).

Since 2022, Maximilian has been a member of the International Opera Studio at the Opernhaus Zürich. He has performed in several new and revived productions, including Malcolm (Macbeth), Vicomte Cascada (Die lustige Witwe), Herr Ärmel / Herr Tur Tur / Geier 1 (Jim Knopf), Kaufmann (Jacob Lenz), 4. Jude (Salome), Capitano dei balestrieri (Simon Boccanegra), Guiseppe (La Traviata), and Benvolio (Romeo et Juliette).

The last few years have been characterised by the emergence of a full, dramatic tenor voice (Jugendlichen Heldentenor), typified not least by a cover of Midas (Die Liebe der Danae) at Opera Carlo Felice Genova in Spring 2025.