About Aidan

Aidan Laidlaw is a classically trained, high, lyric baritone from Royal Oak Michigan who is most known for his ability to express a wide range of emotion and the ability to perform numerous genres of music. Aidan has played a variety of operatic roles which include Bob in Menotti's Old Maid and the Thief, Father in Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel, and Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte. In the Spring, Aidan played the role of Le Doyen in Massanet’s Cendrillon at the Jacobs School of Music. He also has performed in multiple competitions, winning the National Association of Teachers and Singing competition, the Elizabeth Gardner Voice Award, and the 2025 Oakland University Concerto Competition where he performed “O vaterland du machst bei tag” from Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. Aidan has been featured in academic and professional ensembles with the most recent being the tenor soloist in Antonín Dvořák’s Mass in D with the University Chorale at the Jacobs School of Music. Aidan recently graduated from Oakland University with a Bachelor's of Music studying with Dr. Drake Dantzler. Currently, Aidan is continuing his education to pursue a master's degree, as well as a certificate of vocology, at the Jacobs School of Music where he is studying with Dr. Brian Gill and continues his training to be a professional opera vocalist as well as a future teacher. This summer, Aidan is a part of Chicago Summer Opera’s production Cendrillon where he will be the role of Le Surintendant des Plaisirs.