Biography
Hector Bloggs is a British baritone, and recent graduate of the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of John Evans.
Operatic engagements include both Frank and Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), Sir Thomas Bertram in Mansfield Park (J. Dove) at Guildhall, Fiorello in il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini) with Glyndebourne and Westgreen House Opera, the title role in Don Giovanni (W.A. Mozart) with Saluzzo Opera Academy, Marco in Gianni Schicchi (G. Puccini) with St Pauls Opera and Bartolo in Le Nozze Di Figaro (W.A. Mozart) with Saluzzo Opera Academy and Hampstead Garden Opera. He was involved in the world premiere of Sky Arts commission, Gods of The Game at Grange Park Opera. In summer of 2023 he covered Silvio and sang in the chorus for Westgreen House Opera’s Pagliacci (R. Leoncavallo) and Cavalleria Rusticana (P. Mascagni). At Guildhall he has performed Sid in Albert Herring (B. Britten), and scenes from La Bohème, The Rape of Lucretia, Carmen, Le Nozze di Figaro, Pelléas et Mélisande, Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, Manon and Die Fledermaus, as well as covering the title role in Blonde Eckbert (J. Weir), Il Re in La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco (O. Respighi), Melisso in Alcina (F. Handel) and Pedro Paramo in The Star next to the Moon (S. McNeff).
Hector has been involved with various new operas and contemporary music, including the role of Korda in An Image of Stars (S. Meredith) in Spring 2024, , Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre (J. Joubert) at Grimebourne with Green Opera, Father in A Sea Story (W. Gardner) at Guildhall. He debuted the solo of When I Was A Boy I Lived Like Water (C. Moore) at Queens University Belfast.
In concert Hector has sung as a soloist for many works, including Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Carmina Burana and Dvorak’s Stabat Mater as well as Polyphemus in Acis and Galatea and Jesus, Pilate and Bass Soloist in the St John Passion (Bach). In Autumn 2023, Hector was the cover for the Baritone solo in Belshazaar’s Feast at The Barbican where he has since returned to sing Crebillon and Il Maggiorduomo in La Rondine (G. Puccini) with The LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano.
In 2021 Hector won first place in the Courtney Kenny Award from the Association of English Singers and Speakers, and in Spring 2024 he won first place in The Keith Bonnington Competition at Guildhall. He was also a finalist in the 2025 Kathleen Ferrier Awards.
During his time at Guildhall, Hector was a Gwen Catley Scholar, funded by the Amar-Franses & Foster-Jenkins Trust and a Drake Calleja Scholar 2024-25. He also became a Samling Artist in 2024.
He is currently back at Glyndebourne in the chorus for La Bohème, as well as performing Il Sargente. He will be singing the Baritone Solo for Dover Beach (S. Barber) as part of the Pit Perfect scheme, and will sing Belcore’s Aria for the Glyndebourne chorus Christmas Concert. He is also a 2026 Opera Prelude Artist. In November, he will be performing in a recital as part of the London Song Festival with a Nigel Foster and Georgina Cohu. In the new year he will be covering Il Conte with Opera North and performing Donner in Das Rheingold (R. Wagner) with The Barbican Sinfonia under Jack Gonzalez-Harding.