Recent opera engagements include her debut at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen as Clio in the world premiere of Crusade by Frederik Neyrinck, The Nurse in Nicholas Lens’s Shell Shock at the Philharmonie de Paris, and the role of Della in Eric Whitacre’s The Gift of the Magi at Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) and Carnegie Hall (New York) and with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra. Last season she made her Verdi debut as Oscar in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera for the Alden Biesen Summer Opera Festival. Other world premieres include Juliette in Paternel by Frank Nuyts and Romy Schneider in Elle est moi und töte mich by Joris Blanckaert.

The concert stage is were Laurence's heart beats just as strong! She has sung the sacred music of J.S. Bach with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Magnificat by C.P.E. Bach with the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra at the Berliner Philharmonie, and the Christmas Oratorio with Lautten Compagney Berlin, as well as the Johannes Passion with Aspetti Musicali. Her Mozart is spirited and sincere, whether in Davide Penitente with Sigiswald Kuijken and the European Philharmonia Orchestra or the Requiem with the Grammy Award-winning Louisville Orchestra. From Handel’s Messiah in Los Angeles to Telemann’s St. Luke Passion and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Flanders, she has performed with some of the most respected ensembles across Europe and the U.S.

A dedicated recitalist, Laurence is acclaimed for programs that blend German Lieder, French chanson, American art song, and her own compositions. Recital programs like ‘The exquisite hour’ and ‘Verlaine & Rimbaud” she tours with in Europe. Her debut album Insta Songs, a collaboration with composer Mathias Coppens set to her original poetry, was released to critical praise. 

She has led Lied masterclasses at Chapman University and California State University Northridge and, in 2026, launched her European masterclass series "Painting a Poem", focusing on the poetic and narrative aspects of song interpretation. This spring she will teach this masterclasses at the Festival of Voice in Dublin. 

Upcoming engagements include art song recitals like “Verlaine & Rimbaud” at both the Lied Fest Festival (Belgium) and for the Lunalia festival and several concert houses in Flanders and at The National Concert Hall Dublin. She is also composing a new children’s opera, Een trui om in te wonen (“A Sweater as a Home”), with librettist Marieke van Hooff, and recording her second album of original art songs. More news about upcoming events you can easily find on her Instagram page. Laurence' Instagram

Laurence Servaes is based in Belgium and continues to maintain an active transatlantic career.