JOSHUA HUGHES
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Upcoming Performances
Vivaldi's ARSILDA
Opera Neo
Joshua makes his Opera Neo debut as Cisardo in this
rarely-performed Baroque masterwork.
May 15 & 16, 2026
First Unitarian Universalist Church
San Diego, CA
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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
Fausto
Opera Neo
Opera Neo unearths this forgotten take on Goethe's classic
by 26-year-old Louise Bertin.
Joshua's cover's the devil himself, Mefistofele.
June 26 & 27, 2026
San Diego, CA
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Performance Résumé
Recent performances
Joshua's solo cabaret at The Composer's Room was completely sold out and met with rave reviews! Keep an eye out for Joshua and Philip Fortenberry's next collaboration!
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Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors
& Spicer Carr's Four Lost Santas
Opera Las Vegas, 2025
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!