Press

"Baritone Weston Hurt, as the Father, almost matched her force and had the cast's clearest diction in David Pountney's English version. " Mark Mandel
Opera News
Father, Hansel and Gretel - Portland Opera

"Hurt's ringing baritone in the first act provided a high point" James McQuillen
OregonLive.com
Peter, Hansel and Gretel - Portland Opera

"The irreproachable Maria Zifchak, a pitch-perfect, sympathetic Gertrude, was entirely complementary to Weston Hurt's Peter, sung in a fervent, virile baritone." Adam Wasserman
Opera News
Peter, Hansel and Gretel - PORT Opera (Maine)

"Weston Hurt, who sang Peter, the father, was a presence even before he stepped on stage. He began his solo from off-stage, but his powerful baritone voice carried throughout the hall. Once on stage, I couldn't look away. He was expressive in voice and in body. His first drunken interaction with Maria Zifchak, who sang Gertrude, the mother, was so casual, funny, and callous, just the way a husband would converse with his wife after a few too many sips from the jug." Emily Parkhurst
Classical Voice of New England
Peter, Hansel and Gretel - PORT Opera

"Peter (the father) was Weston Hurt, whose house filling baritone and slightly tipsy demeanor leant a heartiness to his performance that made it impossible not to like him instantly." Paul Padillo

Father, Hansel and Gretel - PORT Opera

"As with Ford on opening night, Weston Hurt imbued the jealous husband with just the right touch of fury, making Ford's attempts to stifle his green-eyed monster while pulling his own con on Falstaff all the funnier. Even better, Hurt has a baritone as mellifluous as the best tenors." Maggie Larrick
Queen Anne & Magnolia News
Ford, Falstaff - Seattle Opera

"(as Germont) Weston Hurt's company debut in the role came as balm to ear, eye and mind. His ability to find the humanity underlying this initially convention-bound father made much better sense of the softening that transforms him in the opera's later scenes." Bernard Jacobson
The Seattle Times
Germont, La Traviata - Seattle Opera

"The other male role was sung by bass-baritone Weston Hurt as Lord Cecil. Again, a part that in the past might have been assigned to a comprimario singer, but with the wealth of current singers available to opera managements, invites the casting of a voice of  star quality. Having a larger voice in this role effectively underscored the dramatic impact on Elizabeth I of Protestant militancy among her advisors."
OperaWarHorses.com
Lord Cecil, Maria Stuarda - Canadian Opera Company

"...and has a strong Svengalian partner-in-connivance in American baritone Weston Hurt’s stately and sinister Lord Cecil." Ken Winters
The Globe and Mail
Lord Cecil, Maria Stuarda - Canadian Opera Company

"Weston Hurt delivers Schaunard's lines with warmth and elegant declamation ." Scott Cantrell
Dallas Morning News
Schaunard, La Boheme - Dallas Opera