Biography
London-born, tenor Thomas Elwin studied at the Royal Academy of Music. An alumnus of the Solti Accademia Bel Canto and the Verbier Academy, Thomas was a member of the opera studio at Oper Stuttgart for the 2014/15 season. He is a former Equilibrium and Classical Opera Company Associate artist, and was recently elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Notable stage performances include the role of Alfredo in a filmed production of La Traviata with Opera Glass Works, Rodolfo/La Boheme and Gennaro/Lucrezia Borgia with English Touring Opera, Oronte/Alcina at Glyndebourne, Don Ottavio/ Don Giovanni at English National Opera, Mahler 8 at the Cheltenham Festival, Mozart Requiem at the Mozartiana Festival, Gdansk, Sam Kaplan/Street Scene at Oper Koeln, Nemorino/The Elixir of Love with Wild Arts, Jaquino/Fidelio and Belmonte/Die Entfuhrung both at the Vorarlberg Landestheater, Ferrando/Cosi Fan Tutte at Oper Stuttgart and with Teatro Barocco in Vienna, and Fracasso Fracasso/La Finta Semplice with Classical Opera Company.
Whilst at the opera studio at Oper Stuttgart, Thomas performed roles in seven operas, including Officer/Ariadne auf Naxos, Kuska/Khovanshchina, Adballo/Nabucco, Borsa/Rigoletto and jumping in to sing the final two performances as Ferrando in a new production of Cosi Fan Tutte. During his studies, roles included Tamino/Die Zauberflote, Ernesto/La Vera Constanza, Madwoman/Curlew River, Nemorino/L’Elisir D’amore and excerpts as Duca/Rigoletto and Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni.
On the concert platform Thomas performs extensively across Europe. Highlights have included Bach Passions (both arias and as Evangelist) in St. Alban’s Abbey, the LutherKirche in Bad Canstatt and in Zaragoza, Messiah at Liederhalle Stuttgart with the International Bach Akademie, with the Ulster Orchestra, and Odense Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, Dove’s ‘For an Unknown Soldier’ at Wells Cathedral, Britten Serenade at Kings Place, London and in the Duke’s Hall with Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra. Further performed repertoire includes Requiem/Verdi, Messa di Gloria/Puccini, Jephtha/Handel, Nocturne/Britten, Elijah/Mendelssohn and Creation/Haydn. He made his debut in the BBC Proms festival in 2017 and his debut with the Munich Philharmonic in the 2018/19 season performing the Mozart Requiem as well as at the Mozartiana Festival, Gdansk. Recent and future engagements include Mahler 8 at the Cheltenham Festival, Dies Natalis with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Verdi Requiem with the Royal Choral Society, and Britten Serenade at Cadogan Hall.
In February 2025 Thomas will be releasing his debut recital album ‘Le vase brisé’, a programme of French and Italian song of the late 19th and early 20th century. Further song repertoire includes Winter Words/Britten, The Hearts Assurance and Boyhoods End/ Tippett and Dichterliebe/Schumann. Whilst at the Royal Academy Thomas was a member of the Song Cycle.
Thomas began his musical life as a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, performing extensively as a soloist in the UK and abroad. He was a choral scholar at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a founding member of the ensemble VOCES8 with whom he maintains a relationship as a vocal consultant. Thomas lives in London and enjoys films, most sports, not least following the mixed fortunes of West Ham United, and has run three marathons raising over £10,000 for charity.
