British baritone Hugo Herman-Wilson, described by The Guardian as "a real stage animal" whose performances combine "great subtlety and wit," is attracting widespread attention for his versatile work across both the operatic stage and the concert platform. A specialist in early music with an equally strong presence in opera and contemporary work, he was a Britten-Pears Young Artist from 2017 to 2019 and a former member of Les Arts Florissants' Young Artist Programme. Recent seasons have taken him to La Scala Milan, Lincoln Center New York, the BBC Proms, and the Philharmonie de Paris.
His early music credentials are broad and distinguished. He has performed solos in Bach Cantatas with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, performed at the Aldeburgh and London Handel festivals, and appeared with Figure Ensemble singing Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri in an immersive concert at the Swiss Church, Covent Garden, a performance which The Times described as "whole-hearted, enveloping audiences in glorious sound." He has also performed at Wigmore Hall with Jonathan Cohen, with whom he will record the role of Abner in a forthcoming release of Handel's Saul with Arcangelo.
On the operatic stage, his roles have included Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Charles Court Opera and Dottore Grenvil in La Traviata for Nevill Holt and Oxford Opera. At Garsington Opera he has covered Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Krusina in The Bartered Bride.
Recent highlights include creating the role of Papageno in Damon Albarn's The Magic Flute II: The Curse in Paris, and performing The Fairy Queen with Les Arts Florissants and Vox Luminis across Europe and South America. Upcoming engagements include his Glyndebourne debut in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro for Oxford Opera, and a return to Glyndebourne in November 2026 as Ember/Dad in Spark, a world premiere family opera by Lucy Armstrong and Olivia Bell.
He studied at King's College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music.