Hugh Cutting is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he was a member of the International Opera Studio.  On graduating, he was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal, presented by King Charles III. In the autumn of 2021, Hugh became the first countertenor to win the Kathleen Ferrier Award and is the first countertenor to become a BBC New Generation Artist (2022-24).

In the 2022/23 season, Hugh made his debut at Opernhaus Zürich singing Monteverdi madrigals in Christian Spuck’s ballet setting. Future opera appearances include his debut at Teatro alla Scala as Corindo in a new production of Cesti’s Orontea as well as appearances at Grange Park Opera and Garsington Opera.

On the concert platform, Hugh reunites with Les Arts Florissants/William Christie for multiple projects including Polinesso in Handel’s Ariodante, a solo programme of Italian baroque arias at the Philharmonie de Paris, and a duet programme with Carlo Vistoli at Wigmore Hall; a European tour of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Masaaki Suzuki; Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Wiener Symphoniker/Matthew Halls and on tour with Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe; Bach’s B Minor Mass with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Vladimir Jurowski; Handel’s Messiah with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Bernard Labadie and Les Arts Florissants/Paul Agnew, two tours with Il Pomo d’Oro including Arscace in Handel’s Berenice in Madrid and Paris; a solo programme of Bach’s Cantatas with the Dunedin Consort; and The Boy in Benjamin’s Written on Skin with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra/George Benjamin.

A committed recitalist, in 2023/24 Hugh appears in recital at the Oxford International Song Festival and returns to Wigmore Hall.

Hugh has recorded Purcell Royal Odes and Birthday Odes for Queen Mary with The King’s Consort and Robert King alongside Iestyn Davies and Carolyn Sampson, and Lamento with Iestyn Davies and Fretwork for Signum Classics