JOSHUA HUGHES
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Upcoming Performances
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Lamplighter's Music Theatre
Joshua makes his Lamplighter's debut as about a dozen different characters who will appear throughout this hilarious, Tony Award-winning musical.
May 28 and 29, 2pm
June 3, 7:30 pm
June 4 and 5, 2pm
Simulcast on June 5, 2pm Pacific
All performances at the historic, beautifully refurbished
Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center
Stravinsky's OEDIPUS REX
San Francisco Symphony
Joshua returns to the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for an epic performance of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" and "Symphony of Psalms" staged by legendary director Peter Sellars. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the orchestra, and chorus are joined by a cast of stellar vocalists, including J'Nai Bridges and Willard White.
June 10-12, 2022
REcent
Performances
West Side Story
Opera San José
Joshua made his OSJ role debut as Baby John in Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s classic American tale of two star-crossed lovers and the prejudices that keep them apart. Bursting with passion, humor, dancing, and some of the most memorable music ever written, this stunning production of West Side Story – the company’s first-ever musical – will be conducted by Christopher James Ray and staged by director Crystal Manich.
April 16-May 1, 2022
Musical Meditations:
Joshua Hughes and Kevin Navarro in Recital
Watch the recorded Livestream of Joshua's most recent recital at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco
Repertoire includes one of only three cantatas J.S. Bach wrote for solo bass "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" BWV 56, stunning piano concert works by Chopin, and selections from Mendelssohn's seminal oratorio "Elijah."
Sunday, August 8, 2021
The Three Bachs of Christmas
Soli Deo Gloria
After a 21 month hiatus, Soli Deo Gloria and Orchestra Gloria are back with a one-of-a-kind Christmas concert featuring the most famous music family in history. In his third concert with SDG, Joshua will be featured as the bass soloist in CPE Bach's Magnificat, JCF Bach's Die Kindheit Jesu, and JS Bach's "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62.
Saturday, December 4, 2021, 3:30 p.m.: Grace Lutheran, Palo Alto
Sunday, December 5, 2021, 3:30 p.m.: St. Joseph Basilica, Alameda
La Bohème
Santa Cruz
Joshua creates the role of Henry Thompson in a new play by Dana Bagshaw based on actual 19th-Century Santa Cruz residents. Known by the stage name Enrico Tomaso, Henry studied with Lamperti in Italy and became an international opera star before returning to Santa Cruz and finding love.
Sunday, August 22 and 29, 4 PM
Carmelita Cottages, Santa Cruz, CA
Watch the full performance HERE:
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Songs of San Francisco
A Celebration of Bay Area Composers
Joshua returned to St. Ignatius Parish's Virtual Virtuoso Concert Series for a live-streamed concert celebrating both well-known and emerging local composers. Joshua is particularly honored to be performing pieces from Kirke Mechem's "From the Heartland" for the composer himself.
Watch the full performance here.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Tap Your Toes!
An Evening on Broadway
Join us for a night of great musical theatre solos, duets, and trios from Broadway classics like Guys and Dolls to the masterworks of Stephen Sondheim. Part of St. Ignatius Parish's Virtual Virtuoso Concert Series, Joshua was a featured soloist at this live-streamed concert.
Watch the full performance here.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Holiday Vocalist at
Hong Kong Disneyland
Joshua spent the 2020 holiday season as a caroler and performer at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort!
Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston
Career Grant Finals 2021
Joshua performed as one of nine finalists from around the country for the Society's 2020-21 Career Grants and received the President's Choice Award!
View the performances here
Little Red Riding Hood
Opera San José
Joshua performed the role of the wolf and the woodsman in Seymour Barab's beloved operatic setting of this classic tale. Performances across the South Bay run throughout the 2019-2020 academic year as OSJ's educational outreach program.
J.S. Bach: Saint John Passion
Soli Deo Gloria
Joshua returned to Soli Deo Gloria and Orchestra Gloria to perform the bass solos and the role of Pilate in Bach's masterwork.
Saturday, March 7, 2020 - 4:30 PM
Christ Episcopal Church, Alameda, CA
Sunday, March 8, 2020 - 3:30 PM
Grace Lutheran Church Palo Alto, CA
O What Joy!
Soli Deo Gloria
Joshua debuted as the bass soloist with Soli Deo Gloria and Orchestra Gloria in this festive concert featuring Bach’s cantata 68 “Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt” and Magnificats by Schubert and Charpentier.
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Christ Episcopal Church, Alameda, CA
Sunday, December 8
Grace Lutheran Church Palo Alto, CA
La Rêve de Carmen
Air Opera Collective
Joshua performed the role of Escamillo in a double bill of La Rêve de Carmen and L'enfant et les Sortilèges. This exciting collaboration featured the aerial acts of Air Opera Collective and singers from Opera on Tap San Francisco.
February 29-March 1, 2020
Onstage Theater, Oakland, CA
Gilbert & Sullivan Rarities
Opera in Concert
Featuring Joshua's acclaimed comic patter abilities, Opera in Concert's sixth season opened with a semi-staged concert of favorite selections, and some seldom-heard gems from operettas such as Ruddigore, The Zoo, and Iolanthe.
Nov 22, 2019
Sammons Center for the Arts, Dallas, TX
