Benjamin Hulett

"I had not heard tenor Benjamin Hulett before, but even in the minor role of Arbace his warm, supple sound was a revelation; Bostridge – currently being feted at the Barbican as the voice of the age – was in a company of equals." The Independent on Idomeneo at the Barbican (Europa Galante/ Fabio Biondi) 2008

The celebrated young British tenor Benjamin Hulett was a soloist at the Hamburg State Opera from 2005 to 2009 and has achieved great success in lyric roles from Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) and Ferrando (Cosi fan Tutte) to Steuermann (Die Fliegende Holländer) and Novice (Billy Budd). He made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich in Händel's Alcina, at Theater an der Wien in the world premiere of Johannes Kalitzke‘s Die Besessennen and has returned to Hamburg as Tamino and Narroboth (Salome). Plans include debuts at the Salzburg Festival (Elektra), Opera North (The Turn of the Screw) and Berliner Staatsoper unter den Linden (Phaedra).

As a concert performer he has worked with conductors including Sir Roger Norrington, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Andrew Davis, Phillippe Herreweghe, Christopher Hogwood, Markus Stenz, Ivor Bolton, Jeffrey Tate, Simone Young, Frans Brüggen, Jaap van Zweden and Fabio Biondi amongst others at many of the world's leading venues and festivals.

His growing discography includes Visions Fugitives (Les Illuminations live from the Gergiev Festival), Messiah (Carus), Israel in Egypt (Maulbronn), The NMC Songbook (winner of Gramophone Award 2009) and the role of Paris in The Judgement of Paris (Chandos). Future releases include songs by Richard Rodney Bennett (NMC) and Britten songs with pianist Malcolm Martineau (Onyx). Ben studied Music as a choral scholar at New College, Oxford and Opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

'...Benjamin Hulett as Leszcuk, whose appealing tenor is able to present beautiful legato singing as well as preciseness. And on top of that here is a singer whose acting is totally believable.' Das OpernglasTheater an der Wien, Die Besessenen, January, 2010

Next Performances:

AMF Showcase at Henley Festival UK - 9th July 2010

Strauss Elektra at Salzburg Festival - August 2010

Britten The Turn of the Screw at Opera North - October/November 2010