Soloists

Hugo Hymas

British tenor Hugo Hymas is widely recognised for his expressive interpretations of classical, baroque, and renaissance repertoire. He performs regularly with leading period ensembles including Arcangelo, Capella Mediterranea, Le Concert d’Astrée, Collegium Vocale Gent, the Dunedin Consort, the English Concert, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, and the OAE. He also appears with the Bergen Philharmonic, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, English Chamber Orchestra, and Nord Nederlands Orkest.

Hugo has collaborated with prominent conductors such as Kristian Bezuidenhout, Ivor Bolton, William Christie, Jonathan Cohen, John Eliot Gardiner, Leonardo García Alarcón, Emmanuelle Haïm, Philippe Herreweghe, Václav Luks, Dinis Sousa, and Peter Whelan.

Operatic highlights include Jove (Semele) at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Eurimaco (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria) at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Lucius in the world premiere of Battistelli’s Julius Caesar at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Septimius (Theodora), Clotarco (Haydn’s Armida), and Alessandro (Handel’s Poro) in performances across Europe. He is a frequent interpreter of Acis (Acis and Galatea) and will return to Glyndebourne in 2026 for L’Orfeo.

Hugo’s discography includes Handel’s La Resurrezione with The English Concert and Harry Bicket, Purcell with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen and Stravinsky’s Cantata with The Façade Ensemble under Benedict Collins Rice.

A former Britten-Pears Young Artist and Rising Star of the Enlightenment, Hugo grew up in Cambridge, sang as a chorister at Great St Mary’s Church, and later joined the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.