Thomas Humphreys

Thomas Humphreys began singing as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.

In opera, he has been praised for his “captivating” and “powerful” voice. He has sung the title role in Don Giovanni for the Opera Holland Park Young Artist Programme, as well as returning for their 2018 season to sing the roles of L’araldo Maggiore, Isabeau and The Wigmaker, Ariadne auf Naxos. He made his debut with Glyndebourne Touring Opera as Servo di Flora, La Traviata, as well as covering the role of The Captain, Eugene Onegin for Glyndebourne Festival Opera. He has been critically acclaimed for his performance of Jake Wallace La Fanciulla del West for Grange Park Opera. He has also sung and understudied roles for Opera Holland Park, English Touring Opera, the Merry Opera Company, and the King’s Head Theatre, recently singing Le Grand Pretre de Dagon Samson et Dalila for the Grimeborn Festival.

Thomas is in high demand on the concert platform, regularly performing with the premiere orchestras and choirs of the UK at venues such as the Barbican Hall, Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall, St. John’s, Smith Square among many others. He has formed a close working relationship with many of the country’s foremost choral conductors, such as Gavin Carr, Hilary Davan Wetton, David Pipe and Jonathan Willcocks. He has recently performed Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms) at Barbican Hall with the London Concert Choir and Southbank Sinfonia, under the baton of Mark Forkgen, Mass in C Minor (Mozart) and Requiem (Faure) with the City of London Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Hilary Davan Wetton and Missa in Tempori Belli (Haydn) in York Minster with York Musical Society under the baton of David Pipe.

Thomas is also a keen recitalist, performing his first Winterreise (Schubert) at South Hill Park Arts in Bracknell. He has performed a wide ranging repertoire of Russian, German, French and English Song across the UK and abroad. Notable highlights include a recital of Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams in the Chaliapin House Museum in Moscow, recitals as part of the Armonie della Magna Graecia Festival in Calabria, Italy and a recital of Russian and Bulgarian Song in the National Radio Hall, Varna, Bulgaria.

In competition, Thomas won the 1^st Prize and Art Song Prize at the Thelma King Award, 2^nd Prize in the John Warner Memorial Award, 3^rd Prize in the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards at the Wigmore Hall and 3^rd Prize in the International Bromsgrove Young Musician Awards.

Future plans include the role of Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) for Dorset Opera Festival, Requiem (Verdi) with Lewisham Choral Society and the London Mozart Players at the Royal Festival Hall, Petite Messe Solenelle (Rossini) in Tewkesbury Abbey and St. John Passion (Bach) with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra.

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