Adrian Thompson

Adrian Thompson
Born in London, he is an artist of great versatility with an extensive repertoire of opera, concerts, and recitals, of works ranging from the Renaissance to the contemporary era.
His recent opera performances include Skuratov (From the House of the Dead) and Canio (I Pagliacci) for the Frankfurt Opera; Florestan (Fidelio) for the Welsh National Opera, Albert Gregor (The Makropoulos Case) and Midas (Die Liebe der Danae) for the Garsington Opera; as well as concerts such as Grigory (Boris Godunov) at The Brighton Festival and Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos) at the Barbican in London. He has also performed at Glyndebourne; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; English National Opera; Scottish Opera; Badisches Staatstheater; Stuttgart State Theatre; Darmstadt State Theatre; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; New Israeli Opera; Netherlands Opera; Opera Zuid; and at many festivals, including Buxton, Wexford, Lausanne, and Göttingen.
In addition, he has performed with leading British orchestras and ensembles, and his engagements abroad have taken him to Australia, North America, Japan, Russia, and the Baltic States, as well as Europe and Scandinavia. Throughout his career, he has worked with leading early music conductors: Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock, Harry Christophers, and Philippe Herreweghe. Known for the contemporary music repertoire, he has performed Lutoslawski’s Paroles Tisées, recorded Judith Wier’s A Night at the Chinese Opera, and presented numerous premieres of works by British and European composers.
A highly experienced recitalist, he has performed on numerous occasions at the Wigmore Hall and at festivals in the United Kingdom and Europe with pianists Graham Johnson, Iain Burnside, Roger Vignoles, and harpist Ossian Ellis. He has recorded works by Vaughan-Williams and Gurney, a volume in the acclaimed complete Schubert edition for Hyperion, Warlock’s The Curlew, and Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin. He also appears in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Vaughan-Williams’ The Pilgrim’s Progress and Sir John in Love, and a recording of Handel’s Rodelinda. His discography also includes Britten’s Serenade, Les Illuminations and Nocturne, Mendelssohn’s Lobegesang, and Busoni’s Rondo Arlechinesco.