VIDEO & AUDIO
Sam Hird – Baritone
THE MERRY WIDOW
Danilo's entrance aria Da geh' ich zu Maxim in the Royal College of Music Opera Studio's production of Lehár's Die lustige Witwe in the Britten Theatre in 2024:
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Count Almaviva's aria Hai già vinta la causa from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with the Opera Studio of the Royal College of Music in March 2025. OperaVision's recording on YouTube – play video
VERBIER FESTIVAL
​Songs and opera arias from the Verbier Festival 2023 from three concerts at the Église de Verbier
SINFONIA SMITH SQUARE
George Butterworth's Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad performed with Sinfonia Smith Square conducted by Simon Over. Sam won First Place, and the Audience and Orchestra votes, in the final of the Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award 2024 with this performance, featuring the orchestration by Phillip Brookes from his Eleven Songs from A Shrophire Lad. He became an Associate Artist with the orchestra.
CLONTER OPERA PRIZE
Three videos from the 2024 Clonter Opera Prize – the annual competition for singers nominated by the UK’s leading music conservatoires. Sam won First Prize and the Audience Vote. With pianist Robin Humphreys.
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Billy in the Darbies from Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd – with pianist Robin Humphreys
Dormo ancora from Monteverdi's Ritorno d'Ulisse – with pianist Robin Humphreys
Largo al factotum from Rossini's Barber of Seville – with pianist Robin Humphreys