Thomas Humphreys
Artist Reviews
“Thomas Humphreys is wonderfully masculine in his voice and behaviour.”
“Thomas Humphreys’ Mark formed a strong double act with [Matthew] Kimble and stood out for his fine baritone voice.”
“Memorable within the various cameo roles was…Thomas Humphreys as Jake Wallace, whose homesick lament reached into the very heart of the score.”
“Vaughan Williams’s George Herbert setting, Five Mystical Songs, in which the young baritone Thomas Humphreys touched nerves one would associate with a John Shirley-Quirk or a Bryn Terfel.”
“Impressive baritone Thomas Humphreys sang his solos incisively and with powerful projection.”
“To the baritone Thomas Humphreys fell one of the work’s solo settings of Walt Whitman’s poetry, the movement called Reconciliation: here, he matched eloquence and passion in equal measure, relishing Whitman’s beautiful text, and was particularly moving at the passage describing a soldier’s glimpse of his enemy dead in his coffin.”
"Baritone Thomas Humphreys sang the weighty opening narrative with a lovely clean tone (good lower register) and apposite nobility."
Biography
Baritone Thomas Humphreys began singing at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford under the direction of Stephen Darlington. He was later awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music.
Thomas is in high demand on the concert platform, regularly performing with the premiere choirs and orchestras in the UK, notably the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, the London Mozart Players and the City of London Choir. He recently made his Royal Festival Hall debut singing Verdi’s Requiem with the London Mozart Players and also with the Oxford Bach Choir at the Sheldonian. His repertoire includes Messiah (Handel), Eli
In 2023, Thomas made his debut at the Philharmonie de Paris and the Grand Auditorium of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, performing concerts of Schubert Lieder with the worldwide renowned pianist Maria Joao Pires, for which he was universally acclaimed. Thomas also recently made his debut at the Bechstein Hall in London, with the renowned pianist Ian Tindale. Other recital work has taken him across the UK and to Italy, Russia and Bulgaria.
In opera, his roles include Don Giovanni , Il Conte Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo Cosi fan tutte, Escamillo Carmen, Marcello La boheme, Tomsky
May 2025
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| Oratorio and concert rep | |
| Composer | Work |
| Bach. J.S | St John Passion |
| St Matthew Passion | |
| Christmas Oratorio | |
| Magnificat | |
| Cantata “Ich habe genug” | |
| Cantata “Wachet auf” | |
| B Minor Mass | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 |
| Mass in C | |
| Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem |
| Durufle | Requiem |
| Goodall | Eternal Light Requiem |
| Handel | Judas Maccabeus |
| Messiah | |
| Samson | |
| Haydn | Harmoniemesse |
| Nelson Mass | |
| Paukenmesse | |
| Theresienmesse | |
| The Creation | |
| Jenkins | The Armed Man |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah |
| Monteverdi | Vespers |
| Mozart | Mass in C minor |
| Requiem | |
| Pergolesi | Magnificat |
| Puccini | Messa di Gloria |
| Rachmaninov | The Bells (English and Russian) |
| Rossini | Petite Messe Solenelle |
| Stabat Mater | |
| Saint-Saens | Christmas Oratorio |
| Requiem | |
| Stanford | Songs of the Fleet |
| Telemann | Magnificat in C |
| Vaughan-Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem |
| Fantasia on Christmas Carols | |
| Five Mystical Songs | |
| Sea Symphony | |
| Serenade to Music | |
| Verdi | Requiem |