Hugh Cutting studied at the Royal College of Music’s International Opera Studio, graduating with the prestigious Tagore Gold Medal, personally presented by King Charles III. He is both the first countertenor to win the Kathleen Ferrier Award (2021), and the first to be named a BBC New Generation Artist (2022-25). 

Recent and upcoming opera debuts include Teatro alla Scala Milan, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Santa Fe Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, English National Opera, Dallas Opera, Garsington Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, and Pinchgut Opera Sydney. 

Some concert highlights include Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe; Orchestra of St Luke’s / Bernard Labadie; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchstra / Nicholas Collon; Wiener Symphoniker / Matthew Halls; Bach B Minor Mass with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Vladimir Jurowski; Bach Weihnachtsoratorium with Monteverdi Choir / Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Masaki Suzuki; Handel Partenope and Ariodante with Les Arts Florissants / William Christie; Handel Amadigi with The English Concert / Kristian Bezuidenhout; Handel Theodora with Jupiter Ensemble; Purcell Dido and Aeneus with Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emalyechev; Handel Deborah with NDR Radiophilharmonie / Nicholas McGegan; Benjamin Written on Skin with Stavanger Symfonierkester / George Benjamin.

Recital is central to Hugh’s ambition, and he seeks to expand the possibilities of countertenor repertoire in this sphere. He has given recitals with orchestra at the Carnegie Hall, the Paris Philharmonie and St Martin in the Fields with conductors including Bernard Labadie, William Christie, and Peter Whelan. Recitals with pianists have included those broadcast live on BBC radio at Oxford International Song, the Brighton Festival, the Cheltenham Festival, and the Ryedale Festival. In 2025/26, Hugh curates a residency at London’s Wigmore Hall.
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Hugh is represented internationally Askonas Holt. ​

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