SAM HIRD
Baritone
“Sam Hird, singing firmly but with a stylish lightness of touch, owned the stage as a Danilo should, his charm both assured and unforced."
OPERA MAGAZINE, JUNE 2024
Baritone Sam Hird is a Jette Parker Artist at the Royal Opera House. He made his mainstage Covent Garden debut in January 2026 as Baron Douphol in Richard Eyre's production of Verdi's La Traviata. He played the title role in Telemann’s Pimpinone at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre in May 2025.
Sam was a member of the Opera Studio at the Royal College of Music, studying with Peter Savidge and Sir Thomas Allen. He previously graduated at the RCM with a masters degree and was awarded the prestigious Tagore Gold Medal.
Roles at the RCM included Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro and Danilo in The Merry Widow, and he made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2024.
Sam won the Clonter Opera Prize and the Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Competition in 2024, and the Prix Thierry Mermod vocal award at the 2023 Verbier Festival, where he was part of the Atelier Lyrique. He is a Samling Artist and an associate artist with the Sinfonia Smith Square.
The Marriage of Figaro
Sam Hird played Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Royal College of Music in March 2025. Opera magazine said: "Sam Hird exuded assurance in every aspect of his performance, including the technically tricky conclusion to his aria."
Watch Sam sing the Count's aria Hai già vinta la causa in OperaVision's recording on YouTube.
Sam performing at the Clonter Opera Prize 2024 – the annual competition for nominees from each of the UK's top music conservatoires. Sam won First Place and the Audience Award
COMING UP
January 2026: Mityukha in Boris Godunov at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
March 2026: Marullo in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden