Bio
Having appeared at many of North America’s most significant houses, baritone Weston Hurt made his critically-acclaimed UK debut last season as the titular Rigoletto with English National Opera. In the 2025-2026 season, Mr. Hurt returns to two favorite roles: he brings his interpretation of Germont in La traviata to Utah Opera and Opera Colorado, and sings Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Fort Worth Opera. On the concert stage he makes debuts with the Reno Philharmonic for Orff’s Carmina Burana, and the North Carolina Symphony for Handel’s Messiah.
In addition to Rigoletto at ENO, the 2024-25 season brought the baritone’s house and role debut as Tonio in Pagliacci with Pensacola Opera as well as performances of Germont in La traviata with the Berkshire Opera Festival. Mr. Hurt joined the roster of The Metropolitan Opera in the 2023-2024 season, covering Alvaro in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas. Additionally, he returned to Houston Grand Opera as Sharpless in their Miller Outdoor Theatre performances of Madama Butterfly, and bowed with Madison Opera for their annual Opera in the Park concert.
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 and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra for Verdi’s Requiem.
He has sung 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 and the New York City Opera, and a performance of Der ferne Klang with the American Symphony Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall.
A graduate of the 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 Oratorio Society of New York Competition, as well as various awards from the Liederkranz Foundation, Metropolitan Opera National Council, and Palm Beach Opera Competition, and two career grants from The Santa Fe Opera.