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Hubert Francis
Tenor
In the 2019-20 season, UK-based Australian tenor, Hubert (Hugh) Francis travels to USA to sing the role of Klaus-Narr in Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. He returns to The Royal Opera House Covent Garden to revive his portrayal as Spoletta Tosca, a role he sings there every season and in which he can be seen on the DVD with Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel.
Last season Hugh travelled to Israeli Opera to sing the role of Herod Salome and in Helsinki he sang the role of Hauptmann in the acclaimed David McVicar production of Wozzeck at Finnish National Opera.
“The singer who made the biggest impression was Hubert Francis in the role of the slippery boyar Prince Shuisky. Rolling his tongue around the Russian text with relish, he presented exactly the extrovert characterisation required. His manipulation of Boris, informing him of a Pretender to the throne, was deliciously wicked.”
Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack
“Portrayed as so bloated as to require being carried around, the Herod of Hubert Francis boasted a strong, musical tenor.”
John Allison, Opera Magazine, April 2019
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| ADAMS | Nixon in China (Chairman Mao) |
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| BEETHOVEN | Fidelio (Florestan) |
| BERG | Wozzeck (Captain, Drum Major) |
| BRITTEN | The Rape of Lucretia (Male Chorus) |
| DVOŘÁK | Rusalka (Gamekeeper) |
| ENESCU | Oedipe (Lajos) |
| JANÁČEK | From the House of the Dead (Luka Kuzmič/Kedril/Hlas) The Makropoulos Case (Vitek) |
| KEABLE | Burning Waters (Poole) |
| KRENEK | Karl V (Ferdinand) |
| MARTINŮ | The Greek Passion (Yannakos) |
| MASON | Playing Away (Terry Bond) |
| MOZART | The Marriage of Figaro (Don Basilio) |
| MUSSORGSKY | Boris Godunov (Shuisky) |
| PROKOFIEV | The Gambler (Marquis, 1st Croupier) |
| PUCCINI | La fanciulla del West (Trin) Madama Butterfly (Goro) Tosca (Spoletta) |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya (The Bearhandler) |
| SHOSTAKOVICH | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (Zinoviy/Shabby Peasant) The Nose (Ivan) |
| STRAUSS | Die Frau ohne Schatten (Hunchback) Elektra (Young Servant) Salome (Herod, 1st Jew, 2nd Jew, 3rd Jew) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | The Queen of Spades (Hermann, Chekalinsky) |
| ULLMANN | Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Harlekin) |
| VERDI | Les vêpres siciliennes (Thibault) |
| WAGNER | Das Rheingold (Loge) |
| WEILL | The Rise and Fall of the City Mahagonny (Toby Higgins) |
Contact
Deborah Sanders
Founder and Director
deborah@arbourartists.com