Julian Hubbard trained at the Royal College of Music and the National Opera Studio in London. He has performed at opera houses and festivals worldwide, including at the Salzburg Festival, La Monnaie, Brussels, Rome Opera, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon, Irish National Opera and Scottish Opera.
Highlights have included Lars in the world premiere of Festen at The Royal Opera House, Gallo in the world premiere of Miroslav Srnka's Voice Killer at Theater an der Wien, the title role of Parsifal for Teatro Massimo, Palermo, La Monnaie, Brussels and with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Siegmund (Die Walküre) for Stadttheater Klagenfurt and in concert for Volksoper Wien and Froh (Das Rheingold) for English National Opera. He has also appeared with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, at the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh Festivals, at Wigmore Hall and with BBC Radio 3.
This season he makes his role debut as Steuermann Der fliegende Holländer at Opéra de Rouen, performs the world premiere of Francesconi’s Timon Études at Teatro Regio di Parma, and joins the Berner Symphonieorchester as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
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Parsifal (title role)
The Mahler Players, May 2026
Julian Hubbard offered a wonderfully fresh and exuberant Parsifal, capturing both the character’s innocence and his bewilderment at the ritual world into which he stumbles after committing avicide.
Graham Jepps, Edinburgh Music Review
Der fliegende Holländer (Steuermann)
Opéra de Rouen, February 2026
Julian Hubbard, as the Steersman, stands out for his commanding stage presence and precise acting. His well-projected voice brings freshness and contrast to the first act.
Tony Garnier-David, Olyrix
Voice Killer (Gallo)
Theater an der Wien, June 2025
Julian Hubbard portrayed Gallo, the murderer's only friend, warmly with his empathetic tenor voice.
Harald Lacina, Der Opernfreund
Julian Hubbard gives a powerful performance as Private Comrade Gallo, a witness in the murder trials.
Thomas Rauchenwald
Julian Hubbard was steadfast as his confidant, Gallo.
Rebecca Schmid, Classical Voice North America
The Turn of the Screw (Peter Quint)
La Monnaie / De Munt, May 2024
Julian Hubbard embodies vice with formidable precision. Powerful and biting, the tenor is intimidating in his gestures yet refined in his voice, creating a character marked by duality—torn between seduction and repulsion.
Par Soline Heurtebise, Olyrix
Julian Hubbard is an excellent Peter Quint, perfectly unsettling, managing to convey the character’s malevolence without overloading his vocal line or prosody with heavy-handed expressive effects, but rather by scrupulously adhering to the score.
Stéphane Lelièvre, Premiere Loge
The vocal roulades of his undeniably captivating vocal part sound like the siren’s call that the boy can no longer resist. The duet of the ghosts at the beginning of the second act is spine-chilling
Olga de Kort, Place de l'Opera
[Hubbard's] voice is remarkably well-projected, and the vocal passages—particularly when he calls out to Miles—are very well executed.
Maxime de Brogniez, forumopera.com
From The House Of The Dead (Skuratov)
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, May 2023
Julian Hubbard (Skuratov) delivered excellent performances in his respective dramatic monologues in the first and second acts.
Stefano Ceccarelli, L'Ape musicale
Julian Hubbard gave a stunning performance as Skuratov, even going so far as to simulate a seizure so convincing that it seemed real.
Eleonaro Cipolla, Opera Libera
Parsifal (title role)
La Monnaie at BOZAR, May 2022
British tenor Julian Hubbard navigates the title role with a certain ease and elegance; his radiant singing is both powerful and refined . . . The transition from the carefree character of Act I to the compassionate wisdom of Act III is flawlessly executed, especially since the actor possesses the ideal physique to embody the “chaste fool.”
Emmanuel Andrieu, opera-online
Julian Hubbard highlights the psychological dimension of the title role. With an innocent, at times lighthearted humanity, his Parsifal takes shape over the course of the acts with increasing depth, through the expressiveness of his voice and his uninhibited acting.
Par Soline Heurtebise, Olyrix
Julian Hubbard, a tenor with an extraordinarily bright, almost lyrical voice, sang the title role of Parsifal. He skillfully conveyed the naivety of the “pure fool” through his vocal timbre and was also fully immersed in the role on stage. In the decisive, major emotional outbursts, such as “Amfortas, die Wunde,” he mustered all his vocal strength and rose to new heights of grandeur, singing with a full, resonant voice that filled the stage.
Phillip Richter, Das Opernmagazin
Kát’a Kabanová (Tichon)
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, January 2022
Tichon Kabanov is well portrayed by Julian Hubbard, who captures both the more lyrical and the more subdued aspects of the role.
Stefano Ceccarelli, L'Ape musicale
Julian Hubbard’s Tichon was impressive from a theatrical standpoint, not to mention his well-balanced vocal projection.
Simone Ricci, Opera Libera
Die Walküre (Siegmund)
Stadttheater Klagenfurt, September 2021
Julian Hubbard, as Siegmund, displays remarkable power and capability for the high notes. His long “Wälse” cries are impressive.
Helmut Christian Mayer, Opera Online
Julian Hubbard's Opera Repertoire
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