03/06/2025
We are honored to have Grammy Award winning tenor Thomas Glen join us as a guest soloist on March 8 at 7:30pm at Daines Concert Hall at Utah State University.
Thomas' most frequent operatic roles include Count Almaviva in Rossini's ll barbiere die Siviglia, Lindoro in L'italiana in Algeri, Ferrando in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and The Evangelist in J.S. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion. In contemporary works, he created the role of Robert Wilson in John Adams' Doctor Atomic and enjoys collaborating on new works by composers like Jack Perla, Jake Heggie, David Schiff, Tarik O'Regan, and Rufus Wainright.
Thomas has performed at major opera companies including San Francisco Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Netherlands Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, and The English National Opera among others. He has also performed with major orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, the National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada, China National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and others.
Thomas' recent engagements include the roles of Pirelli in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at Utah Opera, John Singer Sargent in Damien Geter's American Apollo with Des Moines Metro Opera, Le Chevalier des Grieux, in Massenet's Manon with Opera Idaho, The Nervous Senator in Rufus Wainright's Hadrian at the Canadian Opera Company, Dr. Caius in Verdi's Falstaff with Palm Beach Opera, Tenor Soloist in Britten's War Requiem with American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, and The Shepherd in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex with Philharmonia Orchestra of London with Esa Pekka Salonen, conducting.
Thomas also serves as area coordinator and assistant professor of voice at Utah State University. His alma matres are Brigham Young University, University of Michigan, and Florida State University. He is a former Alder Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, a past winner of the Concourse International de Chant de Canari, France, and semi-finalist in the Monserrate Caballe Competition in Zaragoza Spain.
We are so thrilled to have him join us for this amazing performance! Tickets are on sale now!
https://www.usu.edu/calendar/?id=92531