JOSHUA HUGHES

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Upcoming Performances

Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors
& Spicer Carr's Four Lost Santas
Opera Las Vegas
Joshua returns to OLV as King Balthazar and Santa Barry in the beloved holiday one-act Amahl and the Night Visitors as it's paired with the delightful new comedy Four Lost Santas.
November 21-22, 2025
7:00 PM
Solo Cabaret at
The Composers Room
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Prepare to be transported to the Golden Age of Broadway with an unforgettable evening of songs from South Pacific, Camelot, Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, and more! Broadway’s own Philip Fortenberry mans the piano for Joshua's first headlining performance in Las Vegas.
Dr. Philip Fortenberry has played for ten Broadway shows, seven Broadway national tours, and has performed in concerts from Lincoln Center to Carnegie Hall, from Radio City Music Hall to the White House. His virtuosic and passionate playing transforms the 88 keys of the Showlounge piano into an entire Broadway orchestra!
The Pirates of Penzance
Opera Today!
Joshua makes his Indiana debut with Opera Today! in Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved operetta. Though this time he heads up an all star cast as the Pirate King himself!
May 29 & 31, 2026
Fort Wayne, IN

Performance Résumé

Recent performances
Joshua recently received second prize in the International Opera Institute 2025 Las Vegas Vocal competition.
He reprised his award-winning performance


Imperial Commissioner & Prince Yamadori
Puccini's Madame Butterfly
International Opera Institute, 2025
Bass Soloist
J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Las Vegas Sinfonietta, 2025


Basilio
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia
Opera Las Vegas, 2025

Pantarotto
Carlo Coccia's Matilde
Opera Southwest, 2024

Bass Soloist
Henry Purcell's "The Fairy-Queen
Las Vegas Sinfonietta, 2024
Major-General Stanley
The Pirates of Penzance
Lamplighters Music Theatre, 2024


Fiorello
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia
Opera San José, 2023
AGMA Chorus
Verdi's Il Trovatore
San Francisco Opera, 2023


Daland
Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer
West Bay Opera, 2023
Sciarrone
Puccini's Tosca
Opera San José, 2023


Masetto & Commendatore
Mozart's Don Giovanni
West Bay Opera, 2023
Dottor Grenvil
Verdi's La Traviata
West Bay Opera, 2022

Alma Deutscher's Cinderella
Opera San José
Joshua made his OSJ principal role debut in November 2022 with only two days' notice! Now you can watch it yourself.
Opera San José's opulent staging of Alma Deutscher's Cinderella is available for free viewing, made possible due to the generous support of the Packard Humanities Institute.
The production, filmed at the magnificent California Theatre in San José, featured the international conducting debut of prodigy composer/musician Deutscher, who led the Opera San José Orchestra in a critically acclaimed performance, staged by Brad Dalton.
Lord Chancellor
Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe
Lamplighter's Music Theatre, 2022


Baby John
West Side Story
Opera San José, 2022
President's Choice Award
Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston
Career Grant Finals 2021



Holiday Vocalist at
Hong Kong Disneyland
Joshua spent the 2020 holiday season as a caroler and performer at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort!