Will Hughes

Recognized for having a “handsome tone” (Dallas Morning News) and “a beautiful quality to his baritone voice” (Edge Ft. Lauderdale), Dr. Will Hughes has sung with companies including The Dallas Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Florida Grand Opera singing and covering roles in Così fan tutte (Guglielmo), Les pêcheurs de perles (Zurga), The Consul (John Sorel) Madame Butterfly (Yamadori, Yakusidé), Doctor Atomic (Jack Hubbard), Ariadne auf Naxos (Harlequin and the Wig Maker), La bohème (Schaunard), and the title role in Billy Budd.

Will has also performed excerpts from Iphigenie en Tauride (Oreste), Sweeney Todd (Anthony), Don Pasquale (Malatesta), Wuthering Heights (Heathcliff), La bohème (Marcello) and Gianni Schicchi where he “was excellent in the title role, completely convincing as the wily manipulator” (Voce di Meche).

Very adept on the concert stage, Will’s credits include McCullough’s Holocaust Cantata; Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, Hodie, and Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Finzi’s In terra pax; bass solos in Bach’s Magnificat, and Matthäus-Passion; and the requiems of Brahms, Duruflé and Fauré: the latter of which he has sung under the direction of Maestro John Rutter along with the maestro’s original work, Mass of the Children.

Will has had the unique experience of performing staged productions of major concert works including the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas; the bass solos in Handel’s Messiah with Wheaton College; and Petrus in Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with the Philadelphia Symphony under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Will continues to perform frequently and maintains an in-person and virtual voice studio, teaching a wide variety of students. He has a passion for teaching and enjoys helping students realize their fullest potential as singers, embarking with them on a journey toward self-discovery. Will holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in voice performance and pedagogy from Wheaton College and Westminster Choir College respectively.