Callum Thorpe | Bass

ABOUT

British bass Callum Thorpe initially obtained a PhD in Immunology before focussing on his vocal studies at the Royal Academy of Music. From 2017 to 2021 he was a member of the solo ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich where roles included Banco Macbeth, Pistola Falstaff, Il Re d’Egitto Aida, Colline La Bohème, Zuniga Carmen, Farfallo Die Schweigsame Frau, Truffaldin Ariadne auf Naxos and Masetto Don Giovanni and this season’s highlights include Rocco Fidelio for Glyndebourne on Tour; Sparafucile Rigoletto for Opera North and Talbot Maria Stuarda for Irish National Opera.

Operatic engagements have included Sarastro Die Zauberflöte and Banco Macbeth at Theater Basel, Commendatore and Masetto Don Giovannifor Opéra Royale de Versailles with Marc Minkowski, Antinoo and Il Tempo Ulisse at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées under Emmanuelle Haïm, Masetto Don Giovanni for Glyndebourne on Tour and Garsington Opera, Lieutenant Radcliffe Billy Budd for Opera North and Plutone Orfeo in for the Royal Opera House. Callum has also performed, in concert, Hunding in Wagner’s Die Walküre with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and Eric Nielson.

In addition, Callum created the role of Gibarian in the world premiere of Fujikura’s Solaris at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Opéra de Lille and Opéra de Lausanne and regularly sings twentieth century opera including Arthur/Officer 2 The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies at the Dartington International Festival and Loudspeaker Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann for English Touring Opera.

On the concert platform his wide-ranging repertoire includes Bach St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, Jupiter Platée, Handel Messiah.title role Apollo e Dafne. Lucifer La Resurrezione.Mozart and Verdi Requiems working with conductors including Marc Minkoswki, Sir Mark Elder, Ivor Bolton, Jonathan Cohen, Masato Suzuki and Christian Curnyn. Callum has also performed extensively with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, including appearances at Glyndebourne Festival, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Lincoln Center New York, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and at the BBC Proms as Valens in Handel’s Theodora, Polyphemus in Acis and Galatea, Adonis Venus and Adonis, Israel in Egypt as well as Purcell The Fairy Queen and The Indian Queen, Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie, as Phobetor in Lully’s Atys and Pluto in Charpentier La descente d’Orphée aux enfers.

MEDIA

CALENDAR 22/23

• November
  • Don Giovanni (Commendatore, Masetto)
    • Ravenna Festival / Yashima / Alexandre
      • 1/5 // Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna
      • 11/13 // Teatro Galli, Rimini
      • 26 // Teatro Verdi, Salerno
• January
  • Tosca (Angelotti)
    • Opera North / Walker / Dick
      • 21/28 // Leeds Grand Theatre
• February
  • Tosca (Angelotti)
    • Opera North / Walker / Dick
      • 3/21/22/25/28 // Leeds Grand Theatre
  • The Cunning Little Vixen (Poacher)
    • Opera North / Gourlay / Poutney
      • 3/6/17/23 // Leeds Grand Theatre
• March
  • Tosca (Angelotti)
    • Opera North / Walker / Dick
      • 2 // Leeds Grand Theatre
      • 9/11 // The Lowry, Salford Quays
      • 16/18 // Theatre Royal, Nottingham
      • 23/25 // Theatre Royal, Newcastle
      • 30 // New Theatre, Hull
  • The Cunning Little Vixen (Poacher)
    • Opera North / Gourlay / Poutney
      • 3/4 // Leeds Grand Theatre
      • 7/8 // The Lowry, Salford Quays
      • 14/15 // Theatre Royal, Nottingham
      • 21/22 // Theatre Royal, Newcastle
      • 29/31 // New Theatre, Hull
• April
  • Tosca (Angelotti)
    • Opera North / Walker / Dick
    • 1 // New Theatre, Hull
• May
  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio)
    • Garsington Opera / Boyd / Luscombe
      • 31
• June
  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio)
    • Garsington Opera / Boyd / Luscombe
      • 2/8/10/12/17
• July
  • Il Barbiere di Sivilia (Don Basilio)
    • Garsington Opera / Boyd / Luscombe
      • 7/9/16/18/22

CONTACT

Maxine Robertson / MRM / mr@maxineroberstson.com / 020 7096 0398