RUSSELL THOMAS PLAYLIST 25 great video clips
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: RUSSELL THOMAS PLAYLIST
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: various
- Recorded: various
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Russell Thomas
- Conductor: various
- Orchestra: various
- Stage Director:
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Information about the Recording
- Published by: OoV
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Russell Thomas is an American operatic tenor. He has performed leading roles at some of the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the English National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, among others.
Born in Miami, Florida, Thomas did not discover his voice until the age of 18, when a voice teacher suggested he could make a career out of singing. He went on to study music at conservatory, and sang in the chorus of Miami Opera as an undergraduate. Thomas went on to be a young artist with Seattle Opera Young Artist Program, the Florida Grand Opera, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Sarasota Opera.
He has sung the role of Tito in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito and Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera, and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden he appeared as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. He performed the role of Canio in a 2021 online video of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, produced by Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is the Artist in Residence for the Los Angeles Opera until 2024.