British bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson is Harewood Young Artist at English National Opera, and a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he was a Bicentenary Scholar, studying with Mark Wildman. He is also the 1st prize winner – and audience prize winner – for the Clonter Opera Competition 2021, and was one of the final round participants for the Neue-Stimmen competition 2022.

Ossian made his principal debut with Royal Academy Opera performing the role of King René in their Spring 2019 production of Tchaikovsky’s »Iolanta«. Other roles at the Academy include Sarastro in Mozart’s »Die Zauberflöte«, Le Philosophe in Massenet’s »Chérubin«, and Bottom in 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 »Eugene Onegin«, and was presented with their Simon Sandbach award for his performance. He returned to Garsington in 2022, singing Pluto in Monteverdi’s »Orfeo«, and has recently finished singing Truffaldino in their 2023 production of »Ariadne auf Naxos«.

He made his house debut at the English National Opera in 2021, performing the role of Bob Becket in their production of »HMS Pinafore«, and Harashta the Poacher in their production of »The Cunning Little Vixen«. As a young artist there, he has sung Sciarrone in »Tosca«, and Angel in Heggie’s »It’s a Wonderful Life«.

Outside of opera, Ossian has sung in numerous concerts across the UK, Bach’s »St John Passion« with Jonathan Willcocks at the Leith Hill Music Festival, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with City of Cambridge Symphonic Orchestra, Elgar’s »Dream of Gerontius« with the Chichester Singers, and Verdi’s Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall. Ossian is delighted to have recently made his international debut 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.