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Artist Scoop Sir Thomas Allen is an established star of the great opera houses of the world. At the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where in 2006 he will celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of his debut with the company, he has sung over forty roles. In 2006 he will also celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. He has been particularly acclaimed for his portrayal of Billy Budd, Pelléas, Eugene Onegin, Ulisse and Beckmesser, as well as the great Mozart roles of Count Almaviva, Don Alfonso, Papageno, Guglielmo and Don Giovanni. His recent engagements have included the roles of Eisenstein (“Die Fledermaus”), Don Alfonso, Ulisse and Don Giovanni at the Bayerische Staatsoper, the title role in “Sweeney Todd” at the Royal Opera House, Don Alfonso at the Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals, Forester (“The Cunning Little Vixen”) at the San Francisco Opera and Beckmesser at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Equally renowned on the concert platform, he appears in recital in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, in Australia and America, and has appeared with the world's greatest orchestras and conductors. He has recorded extensively with such distinguished names as Solti, Levine, Marriner, Rattle and Muti. Sir Thomas Allen's first book, “Foreign Parts - A Singer's Journal”, was published in 1993. His many honours include the title of Bayerischer Kammersänger awarded by the Bayerische Staatsoper, Prince Consort Professor of the Royal College of Music, the Hambro Visiting Professorship of Opera Studies at Oxford University and Fellowship of the University of Sunderland. In the New Year's Honours of 1989 he was made a Commander of the British Empire and in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours he was made a Knight Bachelor. His film credits include “Mrs. Henderson Presents” and “The Real Don Giovanni”. Don’t miss Sir Thomas Allen’s debut
appearance in Hong Kong with the CCOHK at the upcoming Sir
Thomas Allen & CCOHK concert! |