Rosamond Thomas is a British mezzo-soprano currently based in Essen, Germany. She has been a member of Opernstudio NRW since the start of the 25/26 season. In her first year she sang the role of Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia for Oper Wuppertal, Flora Bervoix in Verdi’s La Traviata, Blumenmädchen in Wagner’s Parsifal at the Aalto Theater, and Zweite Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Musiktheater im Revier. She made her debut with Oper Halle in the role of Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring in 2024 and at the Hamburgische Staatsoper in June 2023, singing in the World Premiere of Sciarrino’s Venere e Adone with conductor Kent Nagano and director Georges Delnon. Other notable roles to date include Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen, Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas; Cesare in Handel’s Giulio Cesare; L’Enfant in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges and Komponist in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, the latter two in the beautiful Theater Schönbrunn in Vienna; Asteria in Gluck’s La Corona (Burg Perchtoldsdorf); and Sorceress (Dido) in the Ryedale Festival 2019.
This season she looks forward to revisiting the roles of Mercedes (Carmen) and Emilia (Otello), as well as her debut as the Prinz Orlovsky for Oper Wuppertal.
Rosamond sang the alto solos in Handel’s Messiah with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, under the baton of Jeanette Sorrell, and returned to sing with Thomas Søndergård for Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As a concert singer, her solo performances have included Copland’s In the beginning, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Duruflé’s Requiem, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Verdi’s Requiem and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, the latter in the Cadogan Hall.
Rosamond is an experienced song recitalist and has a particular passion for the genre. She and her duo-partner Ceren Senyücel regularly perform around Germany. She performed Schumann’s Liederkreis Op.39 in the Bösendorfer Salon in the Musikverein, and a program of songs with texts exclusively by women poets in the Gesellschaft für Musiktheater in Vienna. In January 2024, she sang Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder and Schumann’s Op.90 in the Schumannhaus in Leipzig. She performed songs by Roxanna Panufnik in conversation with the composer at the Ryedale Festival 2019.
Rosamond was a semi-finalist in the Belvedere Wettbewerb 2025 and the Elizabeth Connell Competition 2024; a finalist in the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang 2024; awarded Second Prize in the Hurn Court Singing Competition 2023; and was Highly Commended in the National Mozart Competition 2018.
Rosamond studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Mary Nelson and Matthew Fletcher, before going on to the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna, where she was taught by Regine Köbler, Christoph Meier and Florian Boesch. She completed her studies at The Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Leipzig, with Carola Guber.
Rosamond grew up in Salisbury, where she was a chorister in the famously high-spired cathedral from 2005 to 2009. She was also a keen French horn player, gaining her DipABRSM on the instrument in her final year of school.
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