Acting
As a singer and actor, Hal is one of the world’s most sought-after versatile performers, having premiered and created many leading roles for new opera and musical theatre productions in both London and in the USA. He is also a Composer and Lyricist, and his latest musical of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince will be touring the UK in 2018.
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
Ruddigore | Richard Dauntless | Jo Davies | Opera North/ Barbican Theatre |
Les Enfants Terribles (World Premiere) | Gerard | Susan Marshall/ Philip Glass | BAM, New York/ Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles/ US TOUR |
The Music Programme (World Premiere) | Charles McCray | Krzysztof Warlikowski | Polish National Opera/ Royal Opera House |
Hercules (World Premiere) | Hercules | Troy Hollar | Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall |
Albert Herring (Peter Hall Prod.) | Albert | James Robert Carson | Glyndebourne on Tour |
La Rondine | Prunier | Tom Hawkes | Opera Holland Park |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | James Conway | English Touring Opera |
Turn of the Screw | Quint | James Conway | English Touring Opera |
Tobias and the Angel | Tobias | John Fulljames | The Young Vic/ ETO |
Threepenny Opera | MacHeath | John Fulljames | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
The Beggar's Opera | MacHeath | James Conway | Opera Theatre Company of Ireland |
The Merry Widow | Cascada | Sir John Copley | English National Opera |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Fenton | Aidan Lang | Buxton Festival |
Death and the Powers (World Premiere) [Pulitzer Prize Nomination] | Nicholas | Diane Paulus | Dallas Opera/ Monte Carlo Opera/ Boston Majestic/ Chicago Opera Theatre |
L'Infinito (Staged Concert) | Joel Sachs | Lincoln Centre, New York (WNYC Live Broadcast) | |
The Impressario | Mr Angel | Christopher Hogwood | National Symphony Orchestra (USA), Kennedy Centre |
L'Orfeo | Orfeo | James Conway | English Touring Opera/ Theatre Royal Bath |
Other
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
First Night (Musical) | Composer/Lyricist/Lead | Ed Berkeley/ Frank Corsaro | Aspen Music Festival/ Juilliard, New York |
Agnus Dei | Composer/ Performer | Santa Fe Festival/ Radio 3 Live Broadcast | |
The Happy Prince (Musical) | Composer/Lyricist/Lead | Maria Friedman | Gala at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue |
Topsy-Turvy | Soloist | Steven Blier | Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall |
The Richard Rodgers Dynasty | Soloist | Steven Blier | Kaufman Center, New York |
The Land Where the Good Songs Go | Soloist | Larry Maslon | The Library of Congress/ The Danny Kaye Theatre, New York/ Wigmore Hall, London |
Love at the Crossroads | Soloist | Steven Blier | Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall |
English Gardens, Earthly Delights | Soloist | Steven Blier | Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall |
Hal trained at the Guildhall School of Music in London and the Julliard Opera Center in New York where he won the Shoshana Foundation Award.