Norwegian bass-baritone Martin Hatlo studied at the Barratt Due Musikinstitut, the Royal Danish Music Conservatory and the Academy of Opera at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen.

He has sung roles such as Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte, Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, Colline in La Bohéme and Donald in Billy Budd. In the 17/18 season, he was part of the National Opera’s young artist program where, among other things, he participated in Irgens-Jensen’s Heimferd, Puccini’s Tosca and sang the role of Masetto in Richard Jones’ production of Don Giovanni. In autumn 2021, one of the main roles in Icelandic composer Karólína Eiríksdóttir’s work BLY was written for him.

Martin is frequently hired as an oratorio singer in works such as Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, the Matthew and John Passion and Handel’s Messiah. In addition to this, he also devotes himself to lieder and the Scandinavian romance repertoire, and regularly performs works such as Schubert’s Die Winterreise and Grieg’s Vinjesangene.

In recent seasons, Martin has participated in the National Opera in Oslo’s premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners and as Count Feri von Kerekes in Die Csárdásfürstin. In spring 2023 he sang King Hildebrandt as well as the North Wind in Jonathan Dove’s adventure opera The Enchanted Pig at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen. Before that he appeared as Alexander the Great in the newly written opera Kommandanten at Oscarsborgoperan in the Oslofjord.