Weston Hurt

In the 23/24 season, he joined the roster of The Metropolitan Opera for the first time, covering Alvaro in Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas, and returned to Houston Grand Opera as Sharpless in their Miller Outdoor Theatre performances of Madama Butterfly.

During the 2022-23 season, Mr. Hurt made several returns to signature roles, including Germont with Lyric Opera of Kansas City in La traviata, Scarpia with Arizona Opera in Tosca, and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with New Orleans Opera. On the concert stage, he joined Opera Roanoke for Britten’s War Requiem, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra for Verdi’s Requiem, and Madison Opera for their outdoor Opera in the Park concert.

Notable opera engagements have included his role debut as the title character in Nabucco at Seattle Opera, his house and role debut with Houston Grand Opera as Scarpia in Tosca, his debut with New Orleans Opera as Germont in La traviata, his role debut as Iago in Otello with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, and a return to Seattle Opera in another role debut as Talbot in Maria Stuarda. He has also appeared as Renato in Un ballo in maschera with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, the title role of Rigoletto with New Orleans Opera, PORTopera and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Scarpia in Tosca with Tulsa Opera and Nashville Opera, Germont in La traviata at the Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera San Antonio, Madison Opera, and Atlanta Opera, Ford in Falstaff at the Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, and Virginia Opera; Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at the Seattle Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, New York City Opera, Atlanta Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival and Opera Grand Rapids; Schaunard in La bohème at the Dallas Opera, Peter in Hansel and Gretel at the Portland Opera; Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor at Portland Opera, the Arizona Opera and Austin Lyric Opera; the Count in Le nozze di Figaro at Michigan Opera Theater, Frank in Die tote Stadt at the Dallas Opera, the New York City Opera and with Odyssey Opera; Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Amarillo Opera; Baldassare in L’Arlesiana with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Creon in Cherubini’s Medea with Opera Omaha and John Peerybingle in I Grillo del Focolare with Teatro Grattacielo, and a performance of Der ferne Klang with the American Symphony Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall.

A prolific concert singer and recitalist, Mr. Hurt has performed in recitals sponsored by the prestigious Marilyn Horne Foundation in the United States, and has also performed in concert internationally, including a South American tour of performances of the Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem. Recent engagements have included appearances with the Nashville Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Alabama Symphony, and the Oratorio Society of New York in Carnegie Hall. His large repertoire includes such works as the Handel Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth, the Fauré Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, the Bach Mass in B minor and Magnificat, the Mozart Mass in C minor and Coronation Mass, the Haydn Paukenmesse, and the Britten War Requiem, which he sang at Carnegie Hall.

A graduate of the prestigious Juilliard Opera Center, Mr. Hurt has received many notable vocal awards, including 1st place and the People’s Choice Award from the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, the Vienna Prize from the George London Foundation, and 1st Place in the 2003 Oratorio Society of New York Competition, as well as various awards from the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Competition, Liederkranz Foundation, Metropolitan Opera National Council, Opera Index, and Palm Beach Opera Competition, and two career grants conferred by The Santa Fe Opera.