Julian Hubbard baritone

Julian Hubbard trained at the Royal College of Music, studying with Margaret Kingsley, David Owen Norris and Audrey Hyland. He now studies with Christopher Glynn and Noelle Barker and has participated in masterclasses with Yvonne Kenny, Roger Vignoles, David Owen Norris and Philip Langridge.

Julian’s opera roles include Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Pinellino in the Benjamin Britten International Opera School production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Ned Keene (Peter Grimes) for Kent Opera Youth, Hel Helson (Paul Bunyan) for APU Opera in Cambridge, Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte), Mercutio (Romeo et Juliette) for British Youth Opera, Drunken Poet/Hymen (Fairy Queen) at the Aldeburgh Festival 2005, Mr Gedge (Albert Herring) at the Britten Weekend at Aldeburgh and in the world premiere of Another America: Fire by Errollyn Wallen at Sadler’s Wells.

Recent solo concert performances include: Fauré and Duruflé Requiems, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Britten’s War Requiem in a semi-staged performance directed by Kim Begley. Over the past two years, Julian has been working extensively with the pianist Richard Peirson, performing regularly throughout the country including Huddersfield, Rugby, Canterbury, Pangbourne, Bristol and London. In March 2004, Julian and Richard performed their first ‘Winterreise’ to high acclaim.

In 2006 he will cover Morales (Carmen) and sing Falke (Die Fledermaus) for Scottish Opera.

Julian's studies at the National Opera Studio are kindly supported by the Scottish Opera Endowment Trust, Friends of Covent Garden and the Peter Moores Foundation.