Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas studied at the Royal Northern College of Music (of which he was recently appointed an Associate) and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama He is a former English National Opera Harewood Artist and a former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist. For English National Opera, his roles have included Prologue / Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw (at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Johnny Inkslinger Paul Bunyan (at Wilton’s Music Hall), Ralph Rackstraw HMS Pinafore and Nanki-Poo The Mikado.

Recent highlights of his operatic career have included François A Quiet Place and Prologue / Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw for London’s Royal Ballet and Opera; Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress on tour with Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Barbara Hannigan; Young Krishna in John Tavener’s Krishna for Grange Park Opera; and Jack O’Brien Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for English National Opera.

Highlights of his concert career have included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Boston Symphony Orchestra (his North American debut) and Missa Solemnis with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Newbury Spring Festival; Britten’s War Requiem with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Haydn’s Nelson Mass with Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Kidane’s Cradle Song and Pulsing with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at the Wigmore Hall; Mahler’s Das klagende Lied at Cheltenham Music Festival and with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Tippett’s  A Child of Our Time at King’s College, Cambridge; and recitals for Ludlow English Song and Winchelsea Arts Festival. For Raymond Gubbay Ltd, he sang Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at London’s Barbican Hall and Southbank Centre, as well as appearing in Classical Spectacular at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and New Year’s Day Gala at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Engagements during 2026 / 2027 currently include a return to English National Opera during the 2026 / 2027 season as Dr Richardson Breaking the Waves, ahead of his debut for Glyndebourne as Gaston La traviata. Concert engagements include Handel Messiah with Lahti Symphony Orchestra; and Fanny Mendelssohn Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;

He made his debut at The Royal Opera, London, as First Noble of Brabant Lohengrin and his engagements have further included Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nemorino L’elisir d’amore, Titorelli / Flogger / Berthold The Trial, Dr Richardson in the European première of Breaking the Waves, Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi and Fenton Falstaff for Scottish Opera; Dr Richardson Breaking the Waves for his début at Opéra Comique; Prunier La rondine for Opera North; Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia for Opéra national de Bordeaux and at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées; Count Almaviva and Duke of Mantua Rigoletto for Opera Holland Park; and Cassio Otello and Steuermann Der fliegende Holländer for Grange Park Opera. For Grange Park Opera, he also sang Gonzalve in the filmed version of L’heure espagnole, whilst as a member of Barbara Hannigan’s Equilibrium project, he has sung Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress at the Aldeburgh, Klara and Ojai Festivals.

His concert engagements have included Orbin in Elgar’s Caractacus with the Orchestra of Opera North, Messiah with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Karl Jenkins’ Mass for Peace and The Armed Man with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the composer, Mozart Requiem with Danish National Symphony Orchestra, A Child of Our Time with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and a Gala Concert with the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra.

His discography includes Havergal Brian’s Faust for Dutton Epoch; Caractacus for Hyperion; and his debut song recital Unveiled with Iain Burnside and Craig Ogden (featuring music by Ruth Gipps, Benjamin Britten and Sir Michael Tippett and a Song Cycle of his own composing), launched at London’s Wigmore Hall, and available on Delphian. Most recently released is Listen, it is here – song cycles by Edward Picton-Turbervill, now available on Delphian.

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