SCHEDULE
FORCEFUL
and clear, with a
LUMINOUS
expression.
“A clear and forceful performance of this difficult role (Tannhäuser) and character, Russell Thomas’ clarion voice carried over and above Wagner’s immense orchestra with a finesse bordering on plush. There are multiple shades of steel here along with luminous expression and precise diction. A magnificent performance, well rewarded by a roaring burst of applause at curtain call.”
HOUSTON PRESS
2026/27
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN
Don José - Carmen
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Lazarus - The Gospel According to the Other Mary
Barbican Center London – January 7 & 10, 2027; Paris – January 15, 2027; Luxembourg – January 17, 2027
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
Bacchus - Ariadne auf Naxos
"Russell Thomas is a
FORCEFUL SINGER
with an attractive voice.
THE POWER
of his physical exertion makes one
PAY ATTENTION."
BACHTRACK
PAST SEASONS
2025/26
Canio, Pagliacci | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 | Milwaukee Symphony
Das Lied von der Erde | Baltimore Symphony
Don José, Carmen | Opéra National de Paris
Title Role, Werther | Canadian Opera Company
2024/25
Florestan, Fidelio | Lyric Opera of Chicago
In Recital with Lucas Nogara | Anna Wang Concert Series, Riverside, California
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 | San Francisco Opera
Der Kaiser, Die Frau ohne Schatten | The Metropolitan Opera
Énée, Les Troyens | Seattle Opera
Don José, Carmen | Detroit Symphony
Title Role, Tannhaüser | Houston Grand Opera
Turiddu, Cavalleria Rusticana | Canadian Opera Company
2023/24
Alvaro, La Forza del Destino | Den Norske Opera
Title Role, Don Carlos | Hamburgische Staatsoper
Blacknificent 7 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Title Role, Parsifal | Houston Grand Opera
In Recital with Lucas Nogara | Vocal Arts DC
Radames, Aida | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Verdi Requiem | St. Louis Symphony
Calaf, Turandot | Los Angeles Opera
Cavaradossi, Tosca | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Syzmanowski Symphony No 3 for Classical Pride at Barbican Center | London Symphony Orchestra
2022/23
Title Role, Ernani | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Title Role, Don Carlo | The Metropolitan Opera
Alvaro, La Forza del Destino | Opéra National de Paris
Verdi Requiem | Baltimore Symphony
New Chamber Music Recital | Los Angeles Opera
Calaf, Turandot | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Otello Act IV | The Metropolitan Opera on Tour – New York, Paris, London, and Baden Baden
2021/22
Florestan, Fidelio | San Francisco Opera
Gala | Fort Worth Opera
Title Role, Oedipus Rex | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Verdi Voices | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Das Lied von der Erde | Seattle Symphony
Cavaradossi, Tosca | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Radames, Aida | Los Angeles Opera
Rodolfo, La bohème | The Metropolitan Opera
Title Role, Otello | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
All REPERTOIRE
OPERA
Adams: A Flowering Tree – Prince (Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, London Symphony, Perth Festival, New Crowned Hope Festival Vienna, Cincinnati Opera)
Adams: Gospel According to the Other Mary – Lazarus (Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic)
Bellini: Norma – Pollione (San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Palau les Arts Valencia, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Los Angeles Opera)
Beethoven: Fidelio – Florestan (Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony)
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust – Faust (Oper Frankfurt)
Berlioz: Les Troyens – Énée (Seattle Opera)
Bizet: Carmen – Don José (Canadian Opera Company, Opera de Paris, Detroit Symphony)
Donizetti: Roberto Devereax – Roberto Devereux (San Francisco Opera)
Donizetti: Don Pasquale – Ernesto (Spokane Opera)
Donizetti: Bellisario – Alamiro (BBC Symphony/ Opera Rara)
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci – Canio (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann – Hoffmann (Seattle Opera, Canadian Opera Company)
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana – Turiddu (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Canadian Opera Company)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Tamino (Metropolitan Opera, Welsh National Opera)
Mozart: Don Giovanni – Ottavio (Spokane Opera)
Mozart: Idomeneo – Idomeneo (Salzburg Festival)
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito – Tito (Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Dutch National Opera)
Mozart: Zaide – Soliman (Aix-en-Provence, Lincoln Center Festival, Wiener Festwochen)
Puccini: La bohème (Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera)
Puccini Tosca (Los Angeles Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cincinnati Opera), Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Puccini: Turandot – Calaf (Royal Opera Covent Garden, Los Angeles Opera)
Verdi: Aida – Radames (Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Houston Grand Opera)
Verdi: Attila – Foresto (Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera)
Verdi: Don Carlo(s) – Carlo (Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Washington National Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper)
Verdi: Ernani – Ernani (Lyric Opera Chicago)
Verdi: I Masnadieri – Carlo (Washington Concert Opera)
Verdi: Il Trovatore – Manrico (Lyric Opera Chicago, Bayerische Staatsoper, Cincinnati Opera)
Verdi: La Forza del Destino – Alvaro (Opera de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Den Norske Opera)
Verdi: Otello – Otello (Los Angeles Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Washington National Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Canadian Opera Company)
Verdi: Rigoletto – Duca (Arizona Opera, Opera Orlando)
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra – Gabriele (Royal Opera Covent Garden)
Verdi: Stiffelio – Stiffelio (Oper Frankfurt)
Wagner: Das Rheingold – Loge (New York Philharmonic)
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer – Steuermann (Atlanta Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Concertgebouw Amsterdamn)
Wagner: Parsifal – Parsifal (Houston Grand Opera)
Wagner: Tannhaüser – Tannhaüser (Houston Grand Opera)
ORCHESTRA
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 – Tenor Solo (New York Philharmonic, Edinburgh Festival, Wiener Symphoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra Miami)
Berlioz: Requiem – Tenor Solo (Boston Symphony)
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied – Tenor Solo (BBC Symphony/Proms)
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde – Tenor Solo (Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Houston Ballet, Seattle Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra)
Mozart: Requiem – Tenor Solo (Boston Symphony)
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex – Oedipus (Boston Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera)
Verdi: Requiem – Tenor Solo (New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona, New Jersey Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Opera Basel)