A graduate of the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, British bass William Thomas is fast making a name for himself as one of today’s most promising young singers. He is the recipient of a number of major awards, most notably the 2018 Kathleen Ferrier Competition, the 2018 John Christie Award and the 2019 Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition.

He has appeared at Wigmore Hall as part of Graham Johnson’s Songmakers’ Almanac and in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra under François-Xavier Roth, the Orchestre national de Lyon under Alan Gilbert and with the Monteverdi Choir conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Highlights on the concert platform include Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder and Verdi’s Requiem with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ryan Wigglesworth.

He made his debuts at La Scala Milan as Hobson in a new production of Peter Grimes and at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Colline in La bohème. Other opera engagements include Nicholas in the UK premiere of Barber’s Vanessa at the Glyndebourne Festival, Snug in a new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Vienna State Opera and Sparafucile in Rigoletto at the English National Opera.