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Arcangelo are delighted to be appearing in concert with Liam Bonthrone in 2025/26.
Scottish tenor Liam Bonthrone is fast making a name for himself on the opera and concert stage. He recently made debuts with Potsdam Winteroper as Rinaldo in Haydn's Armida, Royal Danish Opera as Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Sir Simon Rattle singing Gran Sacerdote Idomeneo, at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl singing the role of Der Waldgeist in Rimski-Korsakow’s Schneeflöckchen, Glyndebourne Festival singing 1st Grail Knight in a new production of Parsifal and Abner/Doeg/High Priest in Barrie Kosky’s revival of Saul.
The 25/26 season will see Liam perform the principal role of Don Ramiro La Cenerentola for Göteborgs Operan, Jonathan Saul for Oper Köln, Pong Turandot for Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden, the World Premiere of Brett Dean’s Of One Blood as Lord Darnley/1st Male Courtier as well as returning to Glyndebourne Summer Festival to sing Brighella Ariadne auf Naxos.
Liam was a member of the Opernstudio of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich from 2022-2024, where roles included Pedrillo Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Remendado Carmen, Brighella Ariadne which also toured to the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Narrator Der Mond, Rustighello Lucrezia Borgia, Ein Junger Seemann Tristan und Isolde, Eurimaco/Pisandro Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, and Player 2 Hamlet - Brett Dean. Last season he returned as a guest for further performances of Der Mond as well as Gaston/Victorin Die tote Stadt.
He has worked under conductors including Ivor Bolton, Vladimir Jurowski, Jonathan Cohen, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, François-Xavier Roth, Carlo Rizzi, Daniele Rustioni Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Constantin Trinks, Antonio Fogliani and Christopher Moulds in productions by Barrie Kosky, Calixto Bieito, Christof Loy, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Krzystof Warlikowski and Robert Carsen.
As a concert soloist, performances include Berlioz Te Deum, Handel Messiah and Samson, Mendelssohn Elijah, Mozart Requiem and Mass in C minor, Bach Christmas Oratorio, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Haydn The Creation, Finzi for St. Cecilia and MacMillan All the Hills and Vales Along. He also appeared in various roles in the ensemble for Bernstein’s Candide, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop, at the Barbican Centre.
At home on the recital platform, Liam has recently released his debut solo album titled Soirée Parisienne with pianist Benjamin Mead as part of the Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series for the Linn label and is soloist in a recent release of Stainer's Crucifixion for Delphian Records. He has performed recitals at the Wigmore Hall, for the BBC, NI Opera Festival of Voice, Glenarm with Michael Pandya, in Graham Johnson’s Song Guild at Milton Court and most recently for Ludlow English Song Festival.
Liam has participated in Masterclasses led by artists including Joyce DiDonato, Brigitte Fassbaender, Malcolm Martineau, Ian Bostridge, Ann Murray and Roger Vignoles and in 2022 attended the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie, directed by Edith Wiens.
Visit Liam Bonthrone's page at Rayfield Allied Artist Management