After studying in London, Laurent Naouri was quickly invited to perform on numerous international stages. His repertoire includes some forty roles, ranging from early Baroque to contemporary operas. Several roles have marked his career: the four devils in The Tales of Hoffmann in Madrid, Orange, Milan, Barcelona, New York and Aix-en-Provence; Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, in Glasgow, Salzburg, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Los Angeles and most recently in Aix-en-Provence; Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro) in Aix-en-Provence and Tokyo, the title role in Falstaff in Lyon, Santa Fe and Glyndebourne, Sharpless (Madame Butterfly) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Germont (La Traviata) in Santa Fe, Tokyo, Dallas and at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

He has performed the role of Fieramosca (Benvenuto Cellini) in Amsterdam, the Marquis de La Force (Dialogues des Carmélites) at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Ruprecht (L'Ange de feu) at the Opéra national de Lyon, Capulet (Roméo et Juliette), Pandolfe (Cendrillon) and the Marquis de La Force at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Don Gaspar (L’Ange de Nisida) in London, Mamma Agata (Viva la Mamma) at the Opéra national de Lyon and the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the title role in Don Pasquale in Tours and Dijon, Baron Scarpia (Tosca) at La Monnaie in Brussels, Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and in Caen, and Des Grieux (Manon) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. During the 2024-2025 season, he will perform the role of Hamm (Endgame) in Berlin and the baritone part in Frank Martin's In terra pax in Munich.

At the Opéra national de Paris: he has participated in numerous productions since 1994, including Manon (Des Grieux), 1997, 1998; Platée (Citheron / a satyr), 1999, 2002; L'Élixir d'amour (Belcore), 2006, 2007; Madame Butterfly (Sharpless), 2019; Œdipe (the High Priest), 2021; Roméo et Juliette (Capulet), 2023; Don Pasquale (title role), 2023; Cendrillon (Pandolfe), 2023; Médée (Creon), 2024