Ossian Huskinson
Acting
Biography
British bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson joined the Jette Parker Artist Programme in the 2024/25 Season. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he was a Bicentenary Scholar, and was an English National Opera Harewood Artist (2022/23). He was a finalist in the Neue Stimmen (2022) and Paris Opera (2023) Competitions, winner of the Mozart Prize in the Tenor Viñas Competition 2024, and was named Young Vocal Talent of the year (2022–23) by The Critics’ Circle.
Known For
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: Tosca
The beautiful but icy Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who fail are brutally beheaded. But when an unknown prince arrives, the balance of power in Turandot’s court is forever shaken, as the mysterious stranger does what no other has been able to.