Evan Hughes

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American bass-baritone opera singer

Evan Hughes

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Santa Barbara, California

Occupation| Opera singer (bass)

Evan Hughes is an American operatic bass-baritone.

## Early life[edit]

Evan Hughes grew up in Santa Barbara, California.[1] His mother was a trained soprano and a voice teacher, and his father was a buildings and grounds manager at the Music Academy of the West.[2] Evan Hughes earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music from University of California, Los Angeles, a Master's Degree in Music from the Curtis Institute of Music.

## Early career[edit]

From 2010 to 2013, Evan Hughes was a member of the Lindemann Young Artist development program at the Metropolitan Opera.[2] Since then he began his career in Europe as a member of the Sächsische Staatsoper in Dresden,[3] appearing on stage at Opernhaus Zürich,[4] Metropolitan Opera, Komische Oper Berlin,[5] Staatsoper Hamburg,[6] Teatro Massimo,[7] the Dutch National Opera[8] and at the Festival d'Aix-En-Provence.[9]

## Career[edit]

Hughes has performed such roles as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro in San Diego Opera,[10] Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and Leporello in Don Giovanni in the Zurich Opera House [11]

Other roles also include Gobrias in Belshazzar at the Zurich Opera.[12]

As a committed interpreter of modern music, Hughes has focused particularly on the works of Elliott Carter and Matthias Pintscher. He has premiered two roles in the operas by the composer George Benjamin: "the Protector" in Written on Skin in Elbphilharmonie Hamburg[13] and the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as "the King" in Lessons in Love and Violence[14] with the conductor Kent Nagano. He premiered Carter’s last vocal works including performances with James Levine and the Met Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall and at the Tanglewood music festival. He recorded Matthias Pintscher’s “Songs from Solomon’s Garden” with Ensemble Intercontemporain.[15]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2006-10-31). "A Performer Who's Early in a Singer's Lifespan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
2. ^ a b "OPERA NEWS - Sound Bites: Evan Hughes". Opera News. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
3. ^ "Evan Hughes – Personen – Semperoper Dresden". www.semperoper.de. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
4. ^ ""BELSHAZZAR" am Opernhaus Zürich - «GRENZEN DER MACHT»". DAS OPERNMAGAZIN (in German). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
5. ^ Berlin, Komische Oper. "Evan Hughes | Komische Oper Berlin". www.komische-oper-berlin.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
6. ^ "Staatsoper Hamburg: George Benjamins "Lessons In Love and Violence" in Deutscher Erstaufführung". DAS OPERNMAGAZIN (in German). 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
7. ^ "Teatro Massimo di Palermo". Rai (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-11-13.
8. ^ "The Rake's Progress in the here and now at Dutch National Opera". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
9. ^ "evan_hughes_c_leela_ross.jpg". Académie. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
10. ^ "The Marriage of Figaro". San Diego Opera. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
11. ^ www.update.ch, update AG. "Don Giovanni". www.opernhaus.ch. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
12. ^ ""BELSHAZZAR" am Opernhaus Zürich - «GRENZEN DER MACHT»". DAS OPERNMAGAZIN (in German). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
13. ^ "Browse the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle programme now and book tickets online". www.elbphilharmonie.de. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
14. ^ "Staatsoper Hamburg: George Benjamins "Lessons In Love and Violence" in Deutscher Erstaufführung". DAS OPERNMAGAZIN (in German). 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
15. ^ Ensemble intercontemporain; Dimitri Vassilakis; Evan Hughes; Eric-Maria Couturier; Matthias Pintscher (2016), Matthias Pintscher: Bereshit, Alpha, retrieved 2021-11-13