Chosen by Opera News as one of twenty-five artists poised to break out and become a major force in the coming decade, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins has been hailed as “…an outstanding young baritone with a virile, vigorous yet velvety sound and an immediately evident dramatic authority.” In the 2012-13 season, operatic performances include Lord Guglielmo Cecil in a return to the Metropolitan Opera in a new production by Sir David McVicar of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro at the Glyndebourne Festival and Marcello in La bohème in a new production with the Houston Grand Opera directed by John Caird.  On the concert stage Joshua Hopkins performs Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony.  In a recital program presented by Early Music Vancouver, Michael Jarvis will join him for a programme that includes works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn.  Operatic highlights of past seasons include performances of Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with the Verbier Festival conducted by Paul McCreesh, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte at Santa Fe Opera conducted by Lawrence Renes and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Vancouver Opera.  His dynamic concert schedule has included performances with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Les Violons du Roy, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias in Spain.  Profoundly committed to the art of song, Joshua Hopkins’ first recital disc, Let Beauty Awake, was released in 2010 featuring songs of Barber, Bowles, Glick, and Vaughan Williams on the ATMA Classique label. Future seasons will see a return to the Metropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, Glyndebourne Festival and debuts with Frankfurt Opera and Washington National Opera.

Last updated: September 2012

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“Let Beauty Awake” recital CD on Atma Classique

"The young Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins gives a beautifully assured reading of Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel, followed by an intriguing batch of composers – Paul Bowles, Samuel Barber and the Canadian Srul Irving Gluck. A really fine debut recital. Jerad Mosbey accompanies."
Norman Lebrecht, La Scena Musicale 29 November 2010

"as this first recital disc of 20th century songs demonstrates, he’s a baritone of real promise and vocal presence. Hopkins delivers them all with such care and attention to their meaning"
Andrew Clements, The Guardian 17 December 2010

"Hopkins unearths winsome songs by Srul Irving Glick and a series of Tennessee Williams miniatures by Paul Bowles – two North American composers who deserve to be better known."
Andrew Clark, Financial Times 10 December 2010

• Travel to Europe
• Competition and audition expenses
• New computer
• New photos
• Coaching
• Create a website
• Support for Let Beauty Awake a recital CD for ATMA

Artist Website

www.joshuahopkins.com

General Management

Bill Palant at IMG Artists
telephone: +1 212 994 3527
bpalant@imgartists.com
www.imgartists.com

Europe

Stefania Almansi at IMG Artists
telephone: +44 20 7957 5800
salmansi@imgartists.com
www.imgartists.com

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