About this Artist

Current and most recent projects of American bass-baritone Justin Hopkins (The Young Syrian) include Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Hobo in Love Life (Opera North), Angelotti in Tosca (Cincinnati Opera), Publio in La Clemenza di Tito (Wiener Festwochen, Grand Théâtre de Genève), Antron McCray in Anthony Davis’ The Central Park Five (Detroit Opera), Carl Ekdahl in the world premiere of Mikael Karlsson’s Fanny and Alexander (La Monnaie), Bernstein’s Songfest (Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra), Zuniga in Carmen (Austin Lyric Opera), Narumov in Pique Dame, Gralsritter in Parsifal, a new production based on Verdi’s Rivoluzione e Nostalgia (La Monnaie), a collaboration with choreographer Jermaine Spivey, Colline in La Bohème (Opera Ballet Vlaanderen), and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (Los Angeles Master Chorale at Walt Disney Hall).

Notable past appearances were with Theater St. Gallen, Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Philadelphia, and the Verbier Festival. In concert he appeared with the Enescu Festival, Boston Pops, Philly POPS, Grand Rapids Symphony Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Music Festival, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Concert Orchestra in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall Boston, and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Hopkins has worked with conductors Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, Keith Lockhart, Leon Botstein, Alejo Pérez, Anthony Barrese, Paul Daniel, Paul McCreesh, Paolo Carignani, and Jerome Shannon. He is a prize winner of the 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition.