7.30 pm, Saturday, 13th May 2023
St Edmund’s Church, Shipston-on-Stour
Handel’s Messiah
with
Natalie Montakhab – soprano*
James Neville – countertenor
Matthew Minter – tenor*
William Burn – bass baritone
and
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Orchestra
*Natalie Montakhab and Matthew Minter appear by arrangement with Ann Ferrier Artists – Concert Directory International
Baritone Thomas Humphreys began singing as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.
In opera, he has sung the title role in Don Giovanni for the Opera Holland Park Young Artist Programme, as well as returning for their 2018 season to sing the roles of L’araldo Maggiore Isabeau and The Wigmaker Ariadne auf Naxos. He made his debut with Glyndebourne Touring Opera as Servo di Flora La Traviata, as well as covering the role of The Captain Eugene Onegin for Glyndebourne Festival Opera. He has been critically acclaimed for his performance of Jake Wallace La Fanciulla del West for Grange Park Opera. He has also sung and understudied roles for Opera Holland Park, English Touring Opera, the Merry Opera Company, and the King’s Head Theatre, recently singing Le Grand Pretre de Dagon Samson et Dalila for the Grimeborn Festival.
Thomas is in high demand on the concert platform, regularly performing with the premiere orchestras and choirs of the UK at venues such as the Barbican Hall, Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall, St. John’s, Smith Square among many others. His repertoire includes Messiah (Handel), Elijah (Mendelssohn), St. John Passion (Bach), Christmas Oratorio (Bach), Ein deutches Requiem (Brahms), Requiem (Mozart), Requiem (Faure), The Creation (Haydn), Nelson Mass (Haydn), Five Mystical Songs (Vaughan Williams). He has also often performed further afield in France, Italy, Russia and Bulgaria. Future plans include Requiem (Verdi) at the Royal Festival Hall.
Thomas lives in Dorset with his partner Emily and his two daughters Sophia and Sienna. When not working, Thomas loves going for walks in the Dorset countryside with his family.
