Hugh Cutting

Celebrated for the expressive power of his voice and adventurous musical choices, British countertenor Hugh Cutting is redefining the possibilities of his voice type on both opera and recital stages. A BBC New Generation Artist (2022–24) and the first countertenor to win the Kathleen Ferrier Award, he combines luminous vocal artistry with an instinct for musical storytelling. In the 2025/26 season, he makes house debuts as Arsace (Partenope) at English National Opera, Unulfo (Rodelinda) at Santa Fe Opera, and Tolomeo (Giulio Cesare) at The Grange Festival. A Wigmore Hall Artist in Residence this season, Hugh curates and performs a wide-ranging recital series and appears with, among others, The English Concert and Harry Bicket, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie, his own ensemble Refound, the Dunedin Consort, and the Irish Baroque Orchestra under Peter Whelan, with whom he also undertakes a solo US recital tour. He debuts with the San Francisco Symphony in Bach’s Easter Oratorio under Bernard Labadie; joins Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo for a European tour of St Matthew Passion, and sings Didymus Theodora on a European tour with Thomas Dunford and Jupiter Ensemble.