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Isobel Hughes

Primary Skill:

Mezzo-Soprano

Nationality:

British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English

Opera

Lola
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
Rose Opera
2025
Mère Marie
Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc)
Aylesbury Opera
2025
Rosina
Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)
Cardiff Opera
2024
Hermia
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2024
Il Cuculo, La vecchietta
La bella dormente nel bosco (Respighi)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Dama
2024
Hänsel
Hänsel Und Gretel (Humperdinck)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2023
Soeur Mathilde
Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2023
Mère Marie
Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2023
Frosch
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2022
Sorceress
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Zora
Svadba (Ana Sokolovic)
Trinity Laban
2019
Mrs Cratchitt
A Christmas Carol (Thea Musgrave)
Trinity Laban
2018
2nd Witch
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Hurn Court Opera
2017

Chorus

Chorus
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2022
Chorus
A Christmas Carol (Thea Musgrave)
Trinity Laban
2018
Chorus
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
The New Generation Festival
2018
Chorus
Le Comte Ory (Rossini)
The Dorset Opera Festival
2017
Chorus
Faust (Gounod)
The Dorset Opera Festival
2017
Chorus
Macbeth (Verdi)
The Dorset Opera Festival
2016
Chorus
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
The Dorset Opera Festival
2016

Oratorio/Concerts

Soloist
Transgender Day of Rememberance Memorial (Various)
St. John the Baptist Church, Cardiff
2023
Soloist
RWCMD Opera Gala (Various)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2023
Soloist, semi-chorus
RWCMD Opera Gala (Various)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2022
Soloist
A Night at the Opera (Various)
Simonsbath Festival
2019
Chorus
Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Mahler)
Southwark Cathedral
2018
Chorus
Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Beethoven)
Goldsmith's University
2017
Chorus
Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Beethoven)
St Jame's Church, Sussex Gardens
2017
Chorus
Faure Requiem; Durufle Requiem (Faure; Durufle)
Rodolphus Choir, Southbank Centre
2017

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel (RWCMD, 2023)

Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel (RWCMD, 2023)

Il Cuculo, La bella dormente nel bosco (RWCMD, 2023)

La vecchietta, La bella dormente nel bosco (RWCMD, 2023)

Mère Marie, Dialogues of the Carmelites (Aylesbury Opera, 2025) © Julian Guidera

Mère Marie, Dialogues of the Carmelites (Aylesbury Opera, 2025) © Julian Guidera

Opera Gala (RWCMD, 2023)

Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Cardiff Opera, 2024)

Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Cardiff Opera, 2024)

Soeur Mathilde, Dialogues des Carmelites (RWCMD, 2023)

Soeur Mathilde, Dialogues des Carmelites (RWCMD, 2023)

"Other striking performances came from Jacqueline Varsey as the New Prioress [and] Isobel Hughes as Mother Marie" - Mark Valencia, Opera Magazine (2025)

MA Advanced Opera
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2022–2024
MMus - Music Performance
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020–2022
BMus(Hons) - Music Performance
Trinity Laban College of Music and Dance
2015–2019

Isobel Hughes is an award-winning mezzo soprano from North
London and recent graduate of the David Seligman Opera School at
the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Isobel’s recent roles include Mère Marie in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the
Carmelites with Aylesbury Opera, and Lola in Rose Opera’s double
bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. They are looking forward to
performing as Second Boy in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Park
Opera, as well as Sesto in CESARE, Somerset Opera’s upcoming
adaptation of Handel’s Giulio Cesare, in Autumn 2025.

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