Elgan Llŷr Thomas Tenor

Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas studied National Symphony Orchestra); Orbin in at the Royal Northern College of Music Elgar’s Caractacus (Opera North and the Guildhall School of Music and Orchestra, cond. Martyn Brabbins); Drama, and is a current English National Jenkins’s The Armed Man, Mass for Opera Harewood Artist and a former Peace (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Scottish Opera Emerging Artist. cond. Sir Karl Jenkins); Tippett’s A Child of Our Time (Dartington International In the 2020-21 season he sings Fenton Summer Festival, cond. Paul McCreesh); for Scottish Opera and Gonzalve a concert with Sir at Bangor in Grange Park Opera’s film of L’heure University and a Gala concert with the Espagnole. Recent highlights include Xi’an Symphony Orchestra in China. Nanki-Poo The Mikado and Normanno Lucia di Lammermoor (ENO); Dr His discography includes Orbin in Elgar’s Richardson in the European premiere of Caractacus for Hyperion (Opera North Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves Orchesta, cond. Martyn Brabbins), an (Scottish Opera); Johnny Inkslinger Paul album of Welsh Songs called Llwybrau’n Bunyan (ENO at Wilton’s Music Hall); Cân and songs by Gareth Glyn on and Prologue/Peter Quint The Turn of Caneuon Gareth Glyn (both for SAIN). the Screw (ENO at Regent’s Park Open “With a voice that's Air Theatre). He is the winner of numerous awards, including the 2015 Stuart Burrows exquisitely modulated and Other operatic engagements include International Voice Award; the 2015 flexible in creating Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia (Opéra Kerry-Keane Prize and Audience Prize at national de Bordeaux, Théâtre des the Les Azuriales Opera Young Artists character, this young Champs-Elysées and Mananan Programme and has had considerable International Festival); Ernesto Don success at the National Eisteddfod of tenor confirmed his status Pasquale and Lindoro L’italiana in Algeri Wales. He was also a recipient of a (Mananan International Festival); Tom 2017/18 Opera Awards Foundation as one of the most exciting Rakewell The Rake’s Progress Bursary and was one of the first British male talents to (Klarafestival, Brussels, Aldeburgh recipients of a Study Award from the Festival, and Ojai Festival, California); Bryn Terfel Foundation. have emerged in recent Nemorino L’elisir d’amore and Titorelli/Flogger/Berthold The Trial years.” (Scottish Opera); Brighella Ariadne auf

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Roles while studying included Florindo Le donne curiose and Male Chorus The Rape of Lucretia (GSMD); title role Albert Herring and Lampwick The Adventures of Pinocchio (RNCM); and Johnny Inkslinger Paul Bunyan (Welsh National Youth Opera’s Britten Centenary

production).

Equally in demand on the concert platform, his recent engagements include Handel’s Messiah (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the ); Mozart’s Requiem (Danish

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