Named by the Critic’s Circle as Young Talent of the Year (2022-23), Ossian Huskinson is a bass-baritone to watch. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he was one of the esteemed Bicentenary Scholars, he studied there for four years with Mark Wildman and Iain Ledingham, before graduating in 2021. His recent performance at the Tenor Viñas Finals 2024 earned him Fifth Prize, as well as the Mozart Prize. He was also one of the final round participants for the Neue-Stimmen competition 2022, and a finalist of the Paris Opera Competition 2023

At the Academy, Ossian was one of the soloists for the Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata series, in addition to being a member of the Academy Song Circle. Ossian made his principal debut with Royal Academy Opera performing the role of King René in the Royal Academy Opera’s Spring 2019 production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta in a performance which was described as “resonant and richly musical”. Other roles at the Academy include Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Le Philosophe in Massenet’s Chérubin, and Bottom in a socially distanced production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Ossian made a great impression in Garsington Opera’s 2021 Summer Festival as one of their Young Artists, where he sang Zaretsky (in addition to chorus and covering the role of Gremin) in Eugene Onegin, and was awarded the Simon Sandbach award in recognition of his contribution to Garsington Opera’s productions. He returned to Garsington in 2022, performing as Pluto in John Caird’s extraordinary five star production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, conducted by Laurence Cummings, which has since been shortlisted by the Royal Philharmonic Society for their Opera and Music Theatre Award, and performed with Garsington again in 2023, as Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos. He looks forward to his fourth consecutive season next Summer, singing Jupiter in Rameau’s Platée.

A regular performer at English National Opera, he made his debut there in 2021, performing the role of Bob Becket in their brand new production of HMS Pinafore, and Harashta the Poacher in their production of The Cunning Little Vixen. He now joins the impressive roster of Harewood Young Artists at the English National Opera, and has sung Sciarrone in Tosca, and Angel in Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life as part of their programme.

Outside of opera, Ossian is also a well-established performer of oratorio, and has performed in numerous concerts across the UK, including Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Handel’s Messiah with Lincoln Cathedral, Bach’s St John Passion with Jonathan Willcocks at the Leith Hill Music Festival, and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius with the Chichester Singers. He sings Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 in September, as part of the Beethovenfest in Bonn

Ossian is delighted to have recently made his international debut, performing with Deutsche Oper Berlin in roles such as Ufficiale (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Carceriere (Tosca), and as Pietro in a brand new production of Simon Boccanegra, directed by Vasily Barkhatov and conducted by Jader Bignamini.

Ossian is pleased to be represented by James Black at James Black Management