Hugh Russell
Vocalists
— Baritone
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Manager: William G. Guerri
Management Territory: Worldwide
Hugh Russell handled the more prominent baritone solos [of Faure's "Requiem"] with admirable restraint, scaling back the operatic heft he had exhibited in the concert's opening work, Mahler's anguished song cycle "Songs of a Wayfarer." —Indianapolis Star - January 30, 2010
In vocal terms, I thought the adorable Papageno, Hugh Russell, possessed the most complete combination of tone and technique in the cast... —Opera (UK)
Hugh Russell, singing and acting with easy assurance, does a bravura turn as Papageno. He is immensely entertaining as the bumpkin who is at once coward and braggart and whose appetites overrule his reason, but affecting, too, as the goodhearted, put-upon soul who yearns for love.. —The Victoria Times Colonist
About
The young Canadian baritone Hugh Russell has been consistently hailed for his beautiful voice, dramatic gifts and interpretive originality. The Victoria Times Colonist said, “Hugh Russell, singing and acting with easy assurance, does a bravura turn as Papageno. He is immensely entertaining as the bumpkin.” Mr. Russell begins the 2009–2010 season as Lescaut in performances of Manon for Angers-Nantes Opéra. He will join Atlanta Opera as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and will be heard in concert performances of Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and . . . Carmina Burana with Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and the Sarasota Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Russell began the 2008–2009 season as Dandini in La Cenerentola with Atlanta Opera, was heard as Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with Arizona Opera, and made his role debut as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Pacific Opera Victoria and Orchestra London. He continued his success as baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin and with Pittsburgh Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, New Mexico Symphony and National Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Russell began the 2007–2008 season singing Carmina Burana with the Toronto Symphony and sang further performances with the Houston Symphony, and The Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall. He was heard as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Boston Baroque and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Arizona Opera. He also appeared with Vancouver Opera as Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri. During the summer, he sang performances of Carmina Burana with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, and Vail and made his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra singing Carmina Burana at The Blossom Festival.
