Elin Manahan Thomas
Elin Manahan Thomas (born January 1, 1977 in Swansea ) is a Welsh opera singer ( soprano ) specializing in baroque music .
Life
Thomas, daughter of a professor of literature at Swansea University , sang as a student in the Swansea Bach Choir. She graduated from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic , University of Cambridge by 1998 . There she also won a singing competition in 1995. In 1999 the Monteverdi Choir invited them to perform together under John Eliot Gardiner . Thomas got the opportunity to perform the Bach aria Alles Mit Gott from 1713, which was only rediscovered in Weimar in 2005, for the first time. She describes Bach , Handel and Purcell as her favorite composers .
Thomas sang in numerous opera productions, including Pamina in Mozart's Magic Flute , Belinda in Dido and Aeneas or Despina in Così fan tutte . In 2015 she took on the vocal role in Jessica Curry's soundtrack for the game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture .
In 2006 she married the opera singer Robert Davies and lives with her family in Brighton , Sussex .
Discography (selection)
- Bach: Alles mit Gott - World Premiere Recording. SDG, 2005.
- Eternal Light with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment . Heliodor, 2007.
- Patrick Hawes: Song of Songs, Signum, 2009.
- Pergolesi : Stabat mater , with Florilegium and Robin Blaze, Channel Classics, 2010.
- John Rutter , Catrin Finch : Blessing Deutsche Grammophon, 2012.
- Mozart: Requiem Realizations. King's College Cambridge, 2013.
- Scarlatti, Handel: Dixit Dominus with Queen's College Oxford and the Brook Street Band, Avie, 2013.
Web links
- Elin Manahan Thomas Homepage (English)
- Elin Manahan Thomas at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Elin Manahan Thomas at Bach Cantatas (English)
- Elin Manahan Thomas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elin Manahan Thomas ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ovguide.com
- ↑ Elin Manahan Thomas biography website of the BBC
- ↑ Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Soundtrack. theguardian.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thomas, Elin Manahan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh opera singer (soprano) specializing in baroque music |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Swansea |