Chenhall, Thomas
No. 11
Voice type: Baritone
Country: United Kingdom
Date of birth: 4 February, 1997
The English baritone is undertaking his Master’s Degree at the Royal Academy of Music, under Raymond Connell. He obtained his undergraduate degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, under Stephen Robertson. His international debut was at the Wexford Opera Festival in Ireland in 2019, then he had invitation for the Dorset Opera Festival and to the Royal Academy of Music. Recent engagements include a performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, at the Wexford Opera Festival and at the Scottish Opera. He was awarded “highly commended” in the Molly Robb prize for singers in 2017, and took part in a number of productions including the British stage premier of Le Cid by Jules Massenet. In concerts he has performed with the Cupar Choral Society and the St Andrew’s Trinity Singers, also various performances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
Händel: Sibillar gli angui d’Aletto – Argante’s aria from Rinaldo
Thomas: Comme une pâle fleur – Hamlet’s aria from Hamlet
Semi-final
Rossini: Largo al factotum – Figaro’s cavatina from Il barbiere di Siviglia
R. Strauss: Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen – Harlequin’s aria from Ariadne auf Naxos
Final
Rossini: Come un’ape ne’ giorni d’aprile – Dandini’s aria from La Cenerentola
Gounod: Mab, la reine des mensonges – Mercutio’s aria from Roméo et Juliette
Mozart: Hai già vinta la causa!... Vedrò mentre io sospiro – Count Almaviva’s recitative and aria from Le nozze di Figaro