Biography

Bass-baritone Hunter Enoch is making his mark on stages across the United States with his “big, ringing voice and magnetic stage presence.” This season, Mr. Enoch makes his début with San Diego Opera singing Germont in La traviata. He also returns to Dallas Symphony Orchestra to finish The Ring Cycle, covering Wotan in Siegfried and Götterdämmerung after singing Donner and covering Wotan in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre last spring. Additionally last season, Hunter sang Grégorio in Roméo et Juliette with Washington National Opera, Arthur Keller in the world premiere of Touch with Opera Birmingham, Escamillo in Carmen with Jacksonville Symphony, and he returned to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to sing Pope Urban VIII in Galileo Galilei.

Recently, Mr. Enoch made his début with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Scarpia in their production of Tosca and returned to Pacific Northwest Opera as Iago in Otello after joining them for La Traviata in his role début as Germont. He joined Maryland Lyric Opera to sing the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, the Mandarin in Turandot, and Flemish Deputy in Don Carlo, and he performed Scarpia with Anchorage Opera, and Donner in Das Rheingold with Miami Music Festival, both in productions which were postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, he returned to Washington National Opera as Montano in Otello, sang the role of Kurwenal in Act 2 of Tristan und Isolde with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda at both the Kennedy Center and at Lincoln Center, and sang Palémon in Thaïs with Maryland Lyric Opera.

Mr. Enoch is an alum of the prestigious Cafritz Young Artist program at Washington National Opera. During his time with the company, he was engaged as Count Almaviva and Sharpless in the Cafritz performances of Le nozze di Figaro and Madama Butterfly, a Corporal in The Daughter of the Regiment, ADC in The Dictator’s Wife, and cover for Joseph De Rocher in Dead Man Walking. His WNO début was as Moralès in Carmen, and he was later heard as James Miller in the world premiere of Better Gods. While at WNO Mr. Enoch returned to The Glimmerglass Festival as a guest artist, singing Marcello in La bohème and covering the role of John Proctor in The Crucible, following his festival début as Sharpless in the Young Artist performance of Madama Butterfly the previous summer. After leaving the Cafritz program, he was heard as Zuniga in Carmen with Rochester Philharmonic, Escamillo in Carmen with The Washington Chorus at The Kennedy Center, and in Bernstein’s Songfest with National Symphony Orchestra. He made his Detroit Symphony Orchestra début as Ping in Turandot, followed by his role début as the Four Villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Aspen Music Festival. Mr. Enoch then went on to sing the role of William Dale in Silent Night with WNO, make his company and role début as Scarpia for Opera Birmingham, and sing Happy in La Fanciulla del West and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor for Maryland Lyric Opera.

Other training includes an artist residency with the Academy of Vocal Arts, where he appeared as Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri, Marcello in La bohème, and Valentin in Faust; the Emerging Artist program at Virginia Opera where he sang Moralès in Carmen and Wig Maker in Ariadne auf Naxos; Seattle Opera’s young artist program, where he sang Il Cavaliere di Belfiore in Un giorno di regno; Chautauqua Opera as a Studio Artist; and two seasons in the Studio Artist program at Wolf Trap Opera. He earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Mr. Enoch appeared as a semifinalist in The Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition and is the recipient of the Sullivan Foundation’s Career Development Award.