LA CENERENTOLA | Don Ramiro
Liam makes his debut at Gothenburg Opera, in the role of Don Ramiro, in a revival of David Radok’s highly-acclaimed staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
“…a meeting between the Marx Brothers, commedia dell'arte and Seinfeld” Göteborgs-Posten, 2015
LA CENERENTOLA | Don Ramiro
Liam makes his debut at Gothenburg Opera, in the role of Don Ramiro, in a revival of David Radok’s highly-acclaimed staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
“…a meeting between the Marx Brothers, commedia dell'arte and Seinfeld” Göteborgs-Posten, 2015
Stories as brittle as glass | BRITTEN WEEKEND
‘Stories as brittle as glass’ - 2025 Britten Weekend.
Tenor Liam Bonthrone and pianist Benjamin Mead perform song cycles by Britten and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, exploring the profound and often uplifting resilience of humanity in times of war.
Two song cycles form the centrepiece of this programme. Movements from Benjamin Britten’s “Who are these children?” are interwoven with songs from Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s “Magic Lantern Tales”, juxtaposing children’s nursery rhymes, riddles and nightmares with adult recollections of life in both World Wars.
Other popular war settings by Butterworth, Ivor Novello, Debussy, Poulenc and Wolf complete this thought-provoking and varied programme.
Benjamin Mead is a former Viola Tunnard Scholar at Britten Pears Arts.
Liam Bonthrone tenor
Benjamin Mead piano
SAUL | Jonathan
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.
Conductor Ruben Dubrovsky / Rustam Samedov
Director Barrie Kosky
Revival Director Donna Stirrup
Stage & Costumes Katrin Lea Tag
Lighting Joachim Klein
Choreography Otto Pichler
Chorus Director Rustam Samedov
Dramaturgy Svenja Gottsmann
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Saul / Apparition of Samuel Christopher Purves
David Christopher Lowrey
Merab Sarah Brady
Michal Giulia Montanari
Jonathan Linard Vrielink / Liam Bonthrone
Abner / High Priest / Amalekite / Doeg Benjamin hulett
Witch of Endor John Heuzenroeder
Chorus Cologne Opera Choir
Orchestra Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
SAUL | Jonathan
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.
SAUL | Jonathan
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.
SAUL | Jonathan
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.
TURANDOT | Pong
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
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
TURANDOT | Pong
Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.
A Poet's Love | PERTH CHAMBER MUSIC
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.
TURANDOT | Pong
Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.
TURANDOT | Pong
Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.
TURANDOT | Pong
Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.
TURANDOT | Pong
Liam makes his debut at the Royal Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, in a revival of Andrei Serban’s staging of Turandot.
TURANDOT | Pong
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
ELEKTRA | Ein junger Diener
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
ELEKTRA | Ein junger Diener
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
OF ONE BLOOD | Lord Darnley/1st Male Courtier
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 Natalie Lewis
Female Courtier V / Jane Kennedy Rose Naggar-Tremblay
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
OF ONE BLOOD | Lord Darnley/1st Male Courtier
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.
OF ONE BLOOD | Lord Darnley/1st Male Courtier
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.
OF ONE BLOOD | Lord Darnley/1st Male Courtier
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.
LA CENERENTOLA | Don Ramiro
Liam makes his debut at Gothenburg Opera, in the role of Don Ramiro, in a revival of David Radok’s highly-acclaimed staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
“…a meeting between the Marx Brothers, commedia dell'arte and Seinfeld” Göteborgs-Posten, 2015
LA CENERENTOLA | Don Ramiro
Liam makes his debut at Gothenburg Opera, in the role of Don Ramiro, in a revival of David Radok’s highly-acclaimed staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
“…a meeting between the Marx Brothers, commedia dell'arte and Seinfeld” Göteborgs-Posten, 2015
LA CENERENTOLA | Don Ramiro
Liam makes his debut at Gothenburg Opera, in the role of Don Ramiro, in a revival of David Radok’s highly-acclaimed staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
“…a meeting between the Marx Brothers, commedia dell'arte and Seinfeld” Göteborgs-Posten, 2015
LA CENERENTOLA | Don Ramiro
Liam makes his debut at Gothenburg Opera, in the role of Don Ramiro, in a revival of David Radok’s highly-acclaimed staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
“…a meeting between the Marx Brothers, commedia dell'arte and Seinfeld” Göteborgs-Posten, 2015
LA CENERENTOLA | Don Ramiro
Liam makes his debut at Gothenburg Opera, in the role of Don Ramiro, in a revival of David Radok’s highly-acclaimed staging of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
“…a meeting between the Marx Brothers, commedia dell'arte and Seinfeld” Göteborgs-Posten, 2015
CONDUCTOR Giancarlo Andretta
DIRECTOR David Radok
REVIVAL DIRECTOR Mattias Ermedahl
SCENOGRAPHY Ivan Theimer
COSTUME DESIGN Katarina Hollá
LIGHTING DESIGN Torkel Blomkvist
REVIVAL LIGHT DESIGN STAGING Joakim Brink
CHOREOGRAPHY Håkan Mayer
CHOREOGRAPHER ASSISTANT Sara Suneson
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ANGELINA Ann-Kristin Jones
DON RAMIRO Liam Bonthrone
DON MAGNIFICO Åke Zetterström
DANDINI Hannes Öberg
CLORINDA Mia Karlsson
TISBE Erika Tordeus
ALIDORO Kristoffer Töyrä
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cheltenham Music Festival | Berlioz: Te Deum
Liam sings the tenor solo in Berlioz’ monumental Te Deum, in Gloucester Cathedral, as part of the 80th Cheltenham Music Festival.
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Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Liam Bonthrone tenor
South Cotswold Big Sing Group
Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral
British Sinfonietta
Adrian Partington conductor
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Gabriel Fauré Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville
Johannes Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
INTERVAL
Hector Berlioz Te Deum, Op. 22
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
SAUL | Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Liam performs Abner, High Priest, Amalekite and Doeg in a revival of Barrie Kosky’s highly acclaimed staging of Handel’s Saul, as part of the 2025 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Production: Barrie Kosky
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
PARSIFAL | 1st Grail Knight
Liam makes his debut at Glyndebourne, singing 1st Grail Knight in Glyndebourne’s first ever staging of Wagner’s Parsifal.
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Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Director: Jetske Mijnssen
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
ONE THAT KEPT HIS WORD - Ludlow English Song Weekend
The life of A.E. Housman, told through letters and songs, in a unique programme devised by Ludlow Song’s Artistic Director Iain Burnside.
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Bethany Horak-Hallett - Mezzo-soprano
Liam Bonthrone - Tenor
Jolyon Loy - Baritone
Alex Jennings - Actor
Iain Burnside - Piano