“No praise can be excessive for Damian Thantrey whose singing was a tour de force of versatility.”

The Sunday Telegraph

“Damian Thantrey filled the hall with his richly coloured, expressive singing.”

Opera Magazine

“Everywhere the varied music is beautifully played… there is much distinction in the playing.”

Gramophone Magazine

“Winterreise was meticulously prepared and the performance had breathtaking intensity."

Review of performance with Damian Thantrey

Damian Thantrey won a Senior Exhibition to study at the Royal College of Music where he returned as the holder of the Mills Williams Junior Fellowship in 2000. He currently studies with Paul Farrington.

Recent operatic roles have included St Magnus in The Martyrdom of St Magnus (Maxwell Davies) for Oslo Chamber Music Festival; Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro, Savoy Theatre; Nardo, La Finta Giardiniera, Garsington Opera; Sid, Albert Herring, New Kent Opera; Maximillian, Candide Birmingham City Opera; Messenger in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex at Opera North and Narrator in Babette's Feast for the Royal Opera at the Linbury Studio. Damian has worked extensively in the field of contemporary music with appearances including six diverse roles in Tête-à-Tête/ENO Studio's UK 2002 tour of Six-Pack and in the past season with the Paragon Ensemble in Glasgow where he performed two world premieres. A regular on the concert and recital platform, Damian has sung at the Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, St John's, Smith Square, at the Presteigne Festival and at the Oxford Lieder Festival with Malcolm Martineau. He has toured the UK with pianist Peter Hewitt, giving numerous acclaimed recitals with performances of the greatest song cycles including Dichterliebe and Winterreise.

Future engagements include his debuts at Metz, France in the Travellers roles in Britten's Death in Venice and as Marullo in Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.