From Stoke-on-Trent, Samuel Horton studies under the tutelage of Marilyn Rees at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Graduating from The Royal Northern College of Music, Samuel performed within the college the roles of Mr. Rushworth in Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park and General Sir Philip Wingrave in Benjamin Britten’s Owen Wingrave. At the GSMD, Samuel has performed the roles of Ein Bursche in Ethel Smyth’s Der Wald and covered the role of General Sir Philip Wingrave in their February 2026 production of Owen Wingrave. In Summer 2024 Samuel performed the role of Male Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia for British Youth Opera. Samuel was a member of the 2025 National Opera Studio Academy cohort.