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 La Traviata, and his roles in the 2026-27 season include Moralès in Carmen.
In May 2026 Sam appeared in all three operas in the Jette Parker Artists' widely acclaimed Tales of Love and Loss triple bill of Elizabeth Maconchy’s The Departure, Charlotte Bray’s Making Arrangements and Elena Langer's Four Sisters in the Linbury Theatre at Covent Garden.
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.
The Marriage of Figaro: Sam Hird singing the Count's aria Hai già vinta la causa in Mozart's The Marriage of Figthe with the Royal College of Music Opera Studio in March 2025
Is My Team Ploughing?: Sam Hird singing the final song from George Butterworth's Six Songs From A Shropshire Lad at the Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Competition with the Sinfonia Smith Square in 2024. Sam won first prize and the audience and orchestra votes.
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
May 18 2026: Lunchtime recital in the Crush Room at the Royal Opera House with David Gowland (piano) featuring Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte, Poulenc's Banalités, and songs by Schubert and John Ireland.
July 2026: Jette Parker Artists Summer Performance, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden