Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam makes his BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in the 2026 Glyndebourne Prom. Reprising his role of Brighella alongside the Glyndebourne cast of Ariadne auf Naxos, this performance will be a semi-staged version. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liam returns to the Glyndebourne festival to perform Brighella, in a new Laurent Pelly production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Robin Ticciati conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Conductor Robin Ticciati | Director & Costume Designer Laurent Pelly | Set Designer Massimo Troncanetti  | Lighting Designer Marco Giusti

Ariadne Rachel Willis-Sørensen | Bacchus David Butt Philip | Zerbinetta Alina Wunderlin | Composer Samantha Hankey

Music Master Michael Kraus | Dancing Master Ru Charlesworth | Harlequin Mikhail Timoshenko |

Scaramuccio Caspar Singh | Truffaldino Liam James Karai | Brighella Liam Bonthrone | Naiad Anna Denisova |

Dryad Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein | Echo Eirin Rognerud | London Philharmonic Orchestra

Liam performs in Edinburgh, as tenor soloist in a performance of Haydn’s The Creation, alongside the Chapter House Singers, conducted by Les Shankland.

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Emma Morwood - soprano

Liam Bonthrone - tenor

Jerome Knox - baritone

Liam performs 1st Male Courtier and Lord Darnley in the World Premiere of Brett Dean’s Of One Blood, at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and directed by Claus Guth. Libretto by Heather Betts.

Liam performs 1st Male Courtier and Lord Darnley in the World Premiere of Brett Dean’s Of One Blood, at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and directed by Claus Guth. Libretto by Heather Betts.

Liam performs 1st Male Courtier and Lord Darnley in the World Premiere of Brett Dean’s Of One Blood, at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and directed by Claus Guth. Libretto by Heather Betts.

Liam performs 1st Male Courtier and Lord Darnley in the World Premiere of Brett Dean’s Of One Blood, at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and directed by Claus Guth. Libretto by Heather Betts.

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Direction Claus Guth

Stage Designer Etienne Pluss

Costume Designer Ursula Kudrna

Lighting Michael Bauer

Choreographer Sommer Ulrickson

Dramaturgy Lukas LeipfingerYvonne Gebauer

Queen Elizabeth Johanni van Oostrum

Mary Stuart Vera-Lotte Boecker

Female Courtier I Seonwoo Lee

Female Courtier II Mirjam Mesak

Female Courtier III Lotte Betts-Dean

Female Courtier IV Meg Brilleslyper

Female Courtier V / Jane Kennedy Freya Apffelstaedt

Male Courtier I / Lord Darnley Liam Bonthrone

Male Courtier II Joel Williams

Male Courtier III / David Rizzio Andrew Hamilton

Male Courtier IV Thomas Mole

Male Courtier V / Excecutioner Martin Snell

Solo-Cembalo Mahan Esfahani

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper

Liam makes his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, in the role of Ein junger Diener, in a concert performance of Strauss’s one-act tragedy Elektra. Performance at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, conducted by Alan Gilbert.

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Alan Gilbert Dirigent
Karita Mattila Sopran (Klytämnestra)
Ingela Brimberg Sopran (Elektra)
Christina Nilsson Sopran (Chrysothemis)
Benjamin Bruns Tenor (Aegisth)
Andreas Bauer Kanabas Bass (Orest)
Layla Claire Sopran (Die Aufseherin)
Marie Henriette Reinhold Mezzosopran (Erste Magd)
Ida Aldrian Mezzosopran (Zweite Magd)
Marie-Luise Dreßen Mezzosopran (Dritte Magd)
Olivia Boen Sopran (Vierte Magd)
Chelsea Zurflüh Sopran (Fünfte Magd)
Liam Bonthrone Tenor (Ein junger Diener)
NDR Vokalensemble
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Liam makes his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, in the role of Ein junger Diener, in a concert performance of Strauss’s one-act tragedy Elektra. Performance at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, conducted by Alan Gilbert.

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Alan Gilbert Dirigent
Karita Mattila Sopran (Klytämnestra)
Ingela Brimberg Sopran (Elektra)
Christina Nilsson Sopran (Chrysothemis)
Benjamin Bruns Tenor (Aegisth)
Andreas Bauer Kanabas Bass (Orest)
Layla Claire Sopran (Die Aufseherin)
Marie Henriette Reinhold Mezzosopran (Erste Magd)
Ida Aldrian Mezzosopran (Zweite Magd)
Marie-Luise Dreßen Mezzosopran (Dritte Magd)
Olivia Boen Sopran (Vierte Magd)
Chelsea Zurflüh Sopran (Fünfte Magd)
Liam Bonthrone Tenor (Ein junger Diener)
NDR Vokalensemble
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.

School’s Matinee Performance

Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.

Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.

Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.

Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.

Liam and Benjamin Mead return to Perth Chamber Music, following a succesful appearance in their 2023-2024 season.

They present a recital ‘A Poet’s Love’; featuring music of Robert and Clara Schumann, Muriel Herbert and Richard Strauss amongst others, set alongside words of Robert Burns; documenting the love and life of Scotland’s national bard through song.

Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.

Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.

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Music Giacomo Puccini

Conducted by Daniel Oren / Richard Hetherington

Libretto Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni

Director Andrei Șerban

Designer Sally Jacobs

Lighting designer F. Mitchell Dana

Choreographer Kate Flatt

Choreologist Tatiana Novaes Coelho

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Princess Turandot Anna Pirozzi

Calaf Roberto Alagna / Arsen Soghomonyan

Liù Juliana Grigoryan

Timur Vitalij Kowaljow

Ping Xiaomeng Zhang

Pang Aled Hall

Pong Liam Bonthrone

Emperor Altoum Alasdair Elliott

Mandarin Ossian Huskinson

Chorus Royal Opera Chorus

Chorus Director William Spaulding

Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Liam returns to Barrie Kosky’s iconic Glyndebourne staging of Handel’s Saul; this time in the role of Jonathan, making his debut at Cologne Opera.