Thomas Guthrie (director)
Thomas Guthrie is an English director, actor[1] and baritone[2] singer.
Guthrie was born in England.[2] He began singing as a boy under George Guest at St John's College, Cambridge. He then read Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge before winning a scholarship to study at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he won prizes including the Brigitte Fassbaender Award for Lieder, the Schubert Prize, and an English-Speaking Union (ESU) scholarship to study with Thomas Allen in Chicago.[2]
In 2010, 2011 and 2013 he and Gwyneth Herbert sang in The Playlist, a series of BBC Radio 4 broadcasts recreating the previously unknown musical lives of famous figures from the past, discovering and recording their favourite songs – including songs they themselves had composed.[3][4]
He directed a critically acclaimed production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville at London's Royal Opera House in 2014.[5]
References
- ^ "Thomas Guthrie, Kate Dimbleby, Mark Deller". In Tune. BBC Radio 3. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Thomas Guthrie (Baritone)". Bach Cantatas website. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "The Playlist Series". Loftus Media. 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Queen Victoria's iPod". The Playlist series. BBC. 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ Cooper, Katherine (21 September 2014). "Il barbiere di Siviglia (Royal Opera House)". What's On Stage. Retrieved 22 September 2014.