Soloists

William Thomas

A graduate of the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and recipient of a number of major awards, British bass William Thomas is fast making a name for himself as one of today’s most promising young singers.

Highlights in his 2024/25 season include his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich as Colline La bohème, Sparafucile Rigoletto in a return to the English National Opera , his Carnegie Hall debut in Bach's Johannes-Passion with the Orchestra of St Luke's/Bernard Labadie, Second Soldier in Salome with the London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano, and a return to the Salzburg Festival for Bruckner Mass no. 3 in F Minor with Vienna Philharmonic/Riccardo Muti

Recent appearances have included roles for the Wiener Staatsoper; the Opéra national de Paris; La Scala, Milan; the Glyndebourne and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festivals and, in concert, the Salzburg Festival with Camerata Salzburg/Manfred Honeck and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra/Dinis Sousa, the BBC Proms with the Britten Sinfonia/David Bates, the Edinburgh Festival with The English Concert/John Butt and with the London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth.

(2024/25 Season)