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.

His recent operatic appearances have included roles for the Wiener Staatsoper; the Opéra national de Paris; La Scala, Milan; the Royal Ballet and Opera; the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Glyndebourne and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festivals. In concert he has appeared at the BBC Proms and the Salzburg and Edinburgh Festivals.

Operatic roles in his 2025/26 season include Hebrew in Samson et Dalila for the Royal Ballet and Opera; Mr Flint in Billy Budd for the Glyndebourne Festival; and Ormonte in Parthenope for the English National Opera. His many concert engagements include Roméo et Juliette with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Robin Ticciati; L'enfance du Christ with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana/Sir Mark Elder; The Dream of Gerontius with the London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano; and the Johannes-Passion with Il Pomo d'Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev.