JUSTIN HOPKINS

Bass-Baritone Justin Hopkins has been featured in prestigious concert halls and theaters including Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall Boston, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, and Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels. In the 2019-2020 season, he joins the ensemble at Opera Vlaanderen, and performs NARUMOV in Pikovaya Dama at La Monnaie in Brussels. In the 2018-2019 season, engagements include LORD KRISHNA in Antwerp and PARSI RUSTOMJI in his Satyagraha debut with Opera Vlaanderen,JOE in Show Boat at the Glimmerglass Festival, DALAND in Der Fliegende Hollander with Baltimore Concert Opera.

He sang GESSLER in Guillaume Tell and OROVESO in Norma with Opera Southwest, COLLINE in La Boheme with Opera San Antonio and Brahms Requiem with theLos Angeles Master Chorale at Walt Disney Hall.  

 Past engagements include NOURBAD in Les Pecheurs De Perles with Fort Worth Opera, BARTOLO and ANTONIO in Le Nozze Di Figaro, BERGER/MEDECIN in Pelleas et Melisande and CAPPADOCIAN in Salome at the Verbier Festival, IL MEDICO in Macbeth, ASTOLFO in Lucrezia Borgia, VIERTE SCHÄFER in Daphne at La Monnaie. FRERE LAURENT Romeo et Juliet  Opera Philadelphia, SPARAFUCILE and MONTERONE Rigoletto Baltimore Concert Opera, IL RE D’EGITTO Aida Pensacola Opera. LEPORELLO Don Giovani, PUBLIO La Clemenza di Titto and LORENZO I Capuletti I Montecchi Opera in Heights. ORAZIO Amleto Opera Delaware, SIR BERKLEY Der Vampyrand PIETRO TUMONI Mona Lisa America Symphony Orchestra.

 A frequent performer of modern and contemporary works, Mr. Hopkins is a sought after interpreter of the works of Kurt Weill. He sang STEPHEN KUMALO Lost In The Stars Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, ABRAHAM, JOSPEH, THE DRAK ANGELDie Verheissung Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, A Stranger here Myself: Kurt Weill On Broadway BBC Concert Orchestra.  Other modern work credits include Philip Glass’s Hydrogen Jukebox Fort Worth Opera, REVEREND SALVATION The Cradle Will Rock Opera Saratoga and A Coffin in Egypt Jazz at Lincoln Center.  

 In concerts, Mr. Hopkins appeared with the Boston Pops, Philly POPS, and the Grand Rapids Symphony Pops.  He has performed War Requiem with the Dayton Philharmonic, Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Mozart Requiem with the Dayton Philharmonic, Fantasia on Christmas Carols with the Boston Pops, Ellijah with the Choristers of Lansdale.  He is the 2nd place winner of the 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition.