Thomas Walker
Tenor
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B'Rock, conducted by Rene Jacobs. Live broadcast, by kind permission NTR
Kammerorchester Basel, conducted by Paul McCreesh. Live broadcast, with the kind support of the MDR-Rundfunkchor - provided by MDR-Kultur
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Thomas makes an important role debut in May singing Bajazet Tamerlano on a European tour with Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by René Jacobs with concerts in Freiburg, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid...
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Thomas appears in Asia for the first time in April, touring in Korea and Japan with Rene Jacobs and B’Rock Orchestra with Tempo Handel’s Il tronfo del Tempo e del...
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On 20 December, Thomas Walker takes part in a concert of Berlioz L’enfance du Christ with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic conducted by Paul McCreesh.
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Born in Glasgow, Thomas Walker studied brass at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and singing with Ryland Davies at the Royal College of Music. Over the past two decades he has performed a vast range of repertoire from JS, JC and CPE Bach, through Handel, Gluck and Mozart, to Beethoven, Janáček, Honegger and Britten.
Highlights
- Bajazet Tamerlano – Freiburg Baroque Orchestra – René Jacobs
- Adam Scarlatti Il Primo Omicidio; Arnalta in Monteverdi L’incoronazione di Poppea –Staatsoper Berlin
- Mendelssohn Elijah– Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Maxim Emelyanychev
- Title role Rameau Platée – Stuttgart Opera
- Beethoven Missa Solemnis– Belgian National Orchestra – Hugo Wolff
- Bach Evangelist St John Passion & St Matthew Passion – Orchestra of the 18th Century
Biography
In the current season Thomas makes an important role debut as Bajazet in Tamerlano on a European tour with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and René Jacobs, a role he will sing on stage in future seasons, as well as the title role in both Charpentier Actéon and Rameau Pygmalion with the Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings.
Equally active on the concert platform, Thomas recently sang Handel Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with B’Rock Orchestra; Schubert and Mozart Masses as well as Mendelssohn Elijah with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev; toured with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and Daniel Reuss singing Evangelist in both Bach St John and St Matthew Passions as well as multiple appearances with the Orchestre National de Belgique, most recently for Beethoven Missa Solemnis at the Bozar with Hugh Wolff.
In the forthcoming season, in addition to further tours with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, he with sing Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle with Ensemble Vocal Lausanne and Handel Messiah with the Academy of Ancient Music at the Barbican Hall, London.
Past opera appearances include Adam in Scarlatti Il Primo Omicidio at both Opéra national de Paris and the Staatsoper Berlin followed by a return invitation to Berlin to sing Arnalta in L’incoronazione di Poppea; Rinaldo in Haydn Armida with the Basel Chamber Orchestra; Monteverdi L’incoronazione di Poppea with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer; Admeto in Gluck Alceste at the Ruhr Triennale and title roles in Rameau Zoroastre at the Komische Oper Berlin and Platée for Staatsoper Stuttgart.
Thomas has also recorded a wide variety of repertoire including Janáček choral works and Beethoven Missa Solemnis with Cappella Amsterdam conducted by Daniel Reuss; Bach Magnificats with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen; and Honegger Le Roi David with Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne.
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