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Baritone Weston Hurt begins the 2017-2018 season with a return to Seattle Opera as Sharpless in *Madama Butterfly*, followed by a company debut with Nashville Opera as Scarpia in *Tosca*. This season he also adds two new roles to his repertoire, singing Creon in Cherubini’s *Medea* with Opera Omaha and John Peerybingle in *I Grillo del Focolare* with Teatro Grattacielo, both company debuts as well. When not onstage himself, Mr. Hurt will mentor students in a masterclass at Seattle Opera’s Summer Academy at Marrowstone.

Last season Weston made his role debut as Valentin in Gounod’s Faust in a return to New Orleans Opera, and made his company debut at Tulsa Opera as Scarpia in Puccini’s *Tosca*. He returned to Seattle Opera in his signature role of Germont in Verdi’s *La traviata*, and inaugurated the Berkshire Opera Festival as Sharpless in Puccini’s *Madama Butterfly*.

Recent opera engagements have included his role debut as the title character in *Nabucco* at Seattle Opera, his debut with New Orleans Opera as *Germont* in La traviata, his house and role debut with Houston Grand Opera as Scarpia in *Tosca*, his role debut as Iago in *Otello* with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, and a return to Seattle Opera in another role debut as Talbot in *Maria Stuarda*. He has also appeared as Renato in *Un ballo in maschera* with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, the title role of *Rigoletto* with PORTopera and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Germont in *La traviata* at the Seattle Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and Atlanta Opera, Ford in *Falstaff* at the Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, and Virginia Opera; Sharpless in *Madama Butterfly* at the Boston Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, New York City Opera, Atlanta Opera, and Opera Grand Rapids; Schaunard in *La bohème* at the Dallas Opera, Peter in *Hansel and Gretel* at the Portland Opera; Enrico in *Lucia di Lammermoor* at Portland Opera, the Arizona Opera and Austin Lyric Opera; the Count in *Le nozze di Figaro* at Michigan Opera Theater, Frank in *Die tote Stadt* at the Dallas Opera, the New York City Opera and with Odyssey Opera; Baldassare in *L’Arlesiana* with the Opera Orchestra of New York, and a performance of *Der ferne Klang* with the American Symphony Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall.

Also a prolific concert singer and recitalist, Mr. Hurt has performed in recitals sponsored by the prestigious Marilyn Horne Foundation in the United States, and has also performed in concert internationally, including a South American tour of performances of the Brahms *Ein deutsches Requiem*. Recent engagements have included appearances with the Nashville Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, and the Oratorio Society of New York in Carnegie Hall. His large repertoire includes such works as the Handel *Messiah*, the Fauré *Requiem*, Orff’s *Carmina Burana*, the Bach Mass in B minor and *Magnificat*, the Mozart Mass in C minor and *Coronation Mass*, the Haydn *Paukenmesse*, and the Britten *War Requiem*, which he sang at Carnegie Hall.

A graduate of the prestigious Juilliard Opera Center, Mr. Hurt has received many notable vocal awards, including 1st place and the People’s Choice Award from the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, the Vienna Prize from the George London Foundation, and 1st Place in the 2003 Oratorio Society of New York Competition, as well as various awards from the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Competition, Liederkranz Foundation, Metropolitan Opera National Council, Opera Index, and Palm Beach Opera Competition, and two career grants conferred by The Santa Fe Opera.
