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 @1@ 2

↑ Elin Manahan Thomas biography website of the BBC

↑ Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Soundtrack. theguardian.com

personal data
SURNAME	Thomas, Elin Manahan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Welsh opera singer (soprano) specializing in baroque music
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Swansea

[1] 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 @1@ 2

[2] Elin Manahan Thomas biography website of the BBC

[3] Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Soundtrack. theguardian.com