Joseph Hubbard
Joseph Hubbard is establishing himself as an in-demand singer with a burnished bass voice and noteworthy dramatic skill. With over 30 different operatic roles ranging from early 17th century to new premieres, Mr. Hubbard was recently cast in a joint production with Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City as Morgan/Wotan (cover) in Longer, Louder, Wagner; in the world premiere of Joseph Summer’s Hamlet at State Opera Bulgaria as both John the Gravedigger and Player King; as Snug in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Larkens in La Fanciulla del West with Virginia Opera; Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Henry Mosher in Picker's Emmeline, Bass/Allen Ginsberg in Glass/Ginsberg's Hydrogen Jukebox, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Mother in Weill/Brecht's Seven Deadly Sins with Boston University Opera Institute; Colline in La Bohème and Orazio in the new world revival of Franco Faccio's Amleto with Opera Southwest; Seneca and Littore in L'incoronazione di Poppea with the Dunbar Early Music Festival and the Aldeburgh Festival Britten-Pears Programme (UK); and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte with the Aspen Music Festival. Other operatic roles performed include Chucho in the world premiere staging of Bolcom's Lucrezia; Superintendent Budd in Albert Herring; Horace in Regina; Publio in La clemenza di Tito; Micha in Prodaná Nevĕsta (Bartered Bride); Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro; Don Alfonso in Così fan Tutte; Doc Gibbs in Our Town.
Mr. Hubbard is also an esteemed concert soloist with extensive experience in early music performance. Recent soloist engagements include Mozart’s Requiem at University of Chicago, Beethoven 9 at Boston Symphony Hall with BU Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ken-David Masur; debuts at The Met Museum Cloisters, The Morgan Library and Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and Madison Early Music Festival with Schola Antiqua Chicago; Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Handel Society of Dartmouth College; Nico Muhly's My Days in the Nico Muhly Festival with Beth Morrison Projects and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston); the title character of Fauvel in the 14th century tale of Le Roman de Fauvel with Newberry Consort; a solo cantata by Johann Schelle with the North Carolina Historically-Informed Performances Festival; Bach Cantata 153 with Madison Bach Musicians; a concert of 17th century Roman sacred music with the Duke University Vespers Ensemble at the Boston Early Music Festival; Monteverdi and Schütz with Mountainside Baroque; and Messiah with Bella Voce and Callipygian Players. He was invited to be a soloist and ensemble member of the inaugural Early Music America Festival Ensemble at the Boston Early Music Festival, performing Gabrieli, Praetorius, and other early baroque music, directed by Scott Metcalfe. Other recent concert work includes Lassus' Lagrime di San Pietro; Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass; Handel's Judas Maccabaeus; Bach's Easter Oratorio and Magnificat; Mozart's Coronation Mass; Herod in Schütz's Weinachtshistorie; Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 in touring performances with Orpheus Chamber Singers and Ars Lyrica Houston, and again with the University of North Texas Collegium Singers and Baroque Orchestra. He was invited in the inaugural year of the American Bach Soloists Academy to sing the bass solos in Bach's Mass in B minor, one-per-part performances of Bach motets, and numerous selections from Monteverdi's Book VIII of madrigals. He has been heard three times as a soloist and ensemble singer at the Boston Early Music Festival.
A distinguished ensemble singer across many genres, Mr. Hubbard has been engaged with such professional ensembles as Washington National Cathedral; Handel + Haydn Society; Music at Marsh Chapel; Schola Antiqua of Chicago; Transept Consort; Mirandola Consort; Bella Voce and Camerata; Orpheus Chamber Singers; Orchestra of New Spain; The Adler Consort; and the Grammy-nominated South Dakota Chorale, with whom he is a founding member and Artistic Advisor. He can be heard on the Naxos, Gothic, and Pentatone record labels.
Joseph Hubbard holds degrees from the University of North Texas (B.M., Vocal Performance, '11) and Northwestern University (M.M., Voice Performance and Literature, '13), with a Certificate from the Opera Institute at Boston University ('17).