Elgan Llŷr Thomas

Elgan Llŷr Thomas studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is a former English National Opera Harewood Artist and a former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist.

His engagements First Noble of Brabant Lohengrin for The Royal Opera, London, Dr Richardson Breaking the Waves  at Opéra Comique, Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nemorino L’elisir d’amore and Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi for Scottish Opera, Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia for Opéra national de Bordeaux and at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress at the Aldeburgh, Klara and Ojai Festivals. Duke of Mantua Rigoletto for Opera Holland Park and and both Cassio Otello and Steuermann Der fliegende Holländer for Grange Park Opera.

Current engagements include Don José La Tragédie de Carmen for Buxton International Festival, GéraldLakmé for Chelsea Opera Group, Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia for Opera Holland Park, Prunier La rondine for Opera North, Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress with Swedish Chamber Orchestra and A Child of Our Time at King’s College, Cambridge.

His recordings include Orbin in Elgar’s Caractacus with the Orchestra of Opera North on Hyperion, Havergal Brian’s Faust for Dutton Epoch, and his debut song recital Unveiled with Iain Burnside and Craig Ogden on Delphian.