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Sam Hird – Baritone
La Traviata
Sam Hird as Baron Douphol with Ermonela Jaho in Richard Eyre's production of La Traviata at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in January 2026. Photo copyright Pamela Raith
The Merry Widow
"Wie die Weiber man behandelt?" – from the Royal College of Music Opera Studio production of Léhar's The Merry Widow directed by Liam Steel. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
Le nozze di Figaro
Sam Hird as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with the Royal College of Music Opera Studio in March 2025. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
Pimpinone
Sam Hird made his Royal Opera debut when he stepped in to play the title role in Telemann's Pimpinone in the Linbury Theatre
Boris Godunov
Sam Hird (bottom, centre) as Mityukha in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in January 2026. Photograph: Mihaela Bodlovic
The Merry Widow
Sam Hird as Danilo in Léhar's The Merry Widow. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
La bella dormente nel bosco
Sam Hird as the Ambassador in Respighi's La bella dormente nel bosco (The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods) at the Royal College of Music March 2023, directed by Liam Steel. With Redmond Sanders as the Herald. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
Le nozze di Figaro
Sam Hird as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with the Royal College of Music Opera Studio in March 2025. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
Le nozze di Figaro
Sam Hird as Count Almaviva and Ross Fetes as Figaro – Royal College of Music Opera Studio 2025. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
L'heure espagnol
Sam Hird as Ramiro and Alexandria Moon as Concepción in Ravel's L'heure espagnol in a triple bill by the Royal College of Music Opera Studio in November 2025. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
Barnum's Bird
UK premiere of Libby Larsen's Barnum's Bird at the Royal College of Music. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
Peer Gynt
Sam Hird singing Peer Gynt's Serenade from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt – at a concert celebrating Cadogan Hall's 20th anniversary with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adam Hickox
Sinfonia Smith Square
Sam Hird performing George Butterworth's Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad. Sam won the Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award with this performance and became an Associate Artist of the Sinfonia Smith Square
Chansons des Quais
Kurt Weill's Chansons des Quais in a triple bill by the Royal College of Music Opera Studio in November 2025 – from left Edward Birchinall, Marcus Swietlicki, Sam Hird, Benedict Munden and Cecilia Zhang. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
The Merry Widow
Sam Hird as Danilo in The Merry Widow. Photo: Chris Christodoulou
Verbier Festival
Sam Hird and James Baillieu performing songs by Schubert, Britten and Butterworth at the 2023 Verbier Festival
La Traviata
Sam Hird as Baron Douphol with Ermenola Jaho as Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in January 2026. Photo copyright Pamela Raith
Masterclass
Masterclass with Thomas Hampson at the Verbier Festival 2023
Masterclass
Masterclass with Sir Thomas Allen for the Association of Teachers of Singing
Clonter Opera Prize
Winner of the Clonter Opera Prize 2024
Masterclass
Masterclass at the Royal College of Music with Angela Gheorghiu
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