tenor
Grammy Award winning tenor Thomas Glenn enjoys a favorable reputation as a creative interpreter of bel canto and Classical period literature, as well as modern works.
His most frequent operatic roles include Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere die Siviglia, Lindoro in L’italiana in Algerì, Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, and The Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew 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 Centre Orchestra of Canada, China National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Oakland Symphony, and others.
Thomas’ recent engagements include the roles John Singer Sargent in Damien Geter's American Apollo with Des Moines Metro Opera, Dr. Caius in Falstaff with Palm Beach 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, Alfred in Die Fledermaus with Calgary Opera, Tenor Soloist in Rossini’s Stabat mater with Oakland Symphony, and The Shepherd in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with the 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 Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, a past winner of the Concours International de Chant de Canari, France, and a semi-finalist in the Monserrat Caballé Competition in Zaragoza, Spain.
