Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Born in Swansea, Elin read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Clare College, Cambridge, before moving to the musical world. Her debut album Eternal Light entered the classical charts in 2007 at number two, and her recording of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Florilegium was BBC Music Magazine’s Choice of the Month in 2010.
Elin is the first singer ever to record JS Bach’s ‘Alles mit Gott’, a birthday ode written in 1713 and discovered in 2005. Other recent performances include John Blow’s Venus and Adonis in the Wigmore Hall; a British tour performing Handel with the AAM; solo recitals in the Cheltenham, Chester and Canterbury Festivals; Fauré’s Requiem with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; and Vivaldi’s Gloria at Snape Maltings with the City of London Sinfonia. Her operatic appearances range from Belinda in Dido and Aeneas to Berlioz’ Les Troyens.
She is also greatly in demand as a presenter and broadcaster, both in English and in Welsh, for which she has twice been nominated for a BAFTA. She also hosts a weekly classical music show for Radio Cymru.