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Hunter Enoch
Bass

Bass-baritone Hunter Enoch is making his mark on stages across the United States with his "big, ringing voice and magnetic stage presence."

Last season, Enoch made his debut with San Diego Opera singing Germont in La Traviata, of which The San Diego Union-Tribune raved, "...Hunter Enoch was outstanding...Enoch has a huge and perfectly pitched voice that easily fills the 3,000-seat Civic Theatre and his perfomrance of the beautiful second-act aria "Di Provenza il mar" was a show highlight."  He returned to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for The Ring Cycle under the baton of Maestro Fabio Luisi, singing Donner in Das Rheingold and covering Mark Delavan's Wotan in performances of Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, and Siegfried after singing Donner and covering Wotan in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre the previous spring.  He also made his role debut as Sweeney Todd with Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera, performed as the bass soloist for Mozart's Requiem and Solemn Vespers at Carnegie Hall, and joined D.C. Choral Arts at the Kennedy Center for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.  This season, Enoch joins Opera on the James to sing Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra for Messiah.

In recent seasons, he sang Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette with Washington National Opera, Arthur Keller in the world premiere of Touch with Opera Birmingham, and Escamillo in Carmen with Jacksonville Symphony.  Enoch made his debut with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Scarpia in Tosca and returned the following summer to sing Pope Urban VIII in Galileo Galilei.  He joined Pacific Northwest Opera as Iago in Otello and for his role debut as Germont in La Traviata.  He sang the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, the Mandarin in Turandot, and the Flemish Deputy in Don Carlo with Maryland Lyric Opera.  And he performed Scarpia with Anchorage Opera and Donner in Das Rheingold with Miami Music Festival, both in productions which were postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19.  Prior to the pandemic, he returned to Washington National Opera as Montano in Otello, he sang the role of Kurwenal in Act 2 of Tristan and Isolde with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gianadrea Noseda at both the Kennedy Center and at Lincoln Center, and he sang Palemon in Thaïs with Maryland Lyric Opera.

Enoch is an alum of the prestigious Cafritz Young Artist program at Washington National Opera.  During his time with the company, he was engaged as Count Almaviva and Sharpless in the Cafritz performances of Le nozze di Figaro and Madama Butterfly, a Corporal in The Daughter of the Regiment, ADC in The Dictator's Wife, and cover for Joseph De Rocher in Dead Man Walking.  His WNO debut was as Moralés in Carmen, and he was later heard as James Miller in the world premiere of Better Gods.  While at WNO, Enoch returned to The Glimmerglass Festival as a guest artist, singing Marcello in La bohème and covering the role of John Proctor in The Crucible, following his festival debut as Sharpless in the Young Artist performance of Madama Butterfly the previous summer.  After leaving the Cafritz program, he was heard as Zuniga in Carmen with Rochester Philharmonic, Escamillo in Carmen with The Washington Chorus at The Kennedy Center, and in Bernstein's Songfest with National Symphony Orchestra.  He made his Detroit Symphony Orchestra debut as Ping in Turandot, followed by his role debut as the Four Villains in Les contes d'Hoffmann at the Aspen Music Festival.  Enoch then went on to shing the role of William Dale in Silent Night with WNO, make his company and role debut as Scarpia for Opera Birmingham, and sing Happy in La Fanciulla del West and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor for Maryland Lyric Opera.

Other training includes an artist residency with the Academy of Vocal Arts, where he appeared as Taddeo in L'italiana in Algeri, Marcello in La bohème, and Valentin in Faust; the Emerging Artist program at Virginia Opera where he sang Moralès in Carmen and Wig Maker in Ariadne auf Naxos; Seattle Opera's young artists program, where he sang Il Cavaliere di Belfiore in Un giorno di regno; Chautauqua Opera as a Studio Artist; and two seasons in the Studio Artist program at Wolf Trap Opera.  He earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.  Enoch appeared as a semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera's Laffont Competition and is the recipient of the Sullivan Foundation's Career Development Award.