Highlights this season and beyond include his debut at Teatro Real Madrid singing Valens\u00a0Theodora<\/em>\u00a0in a Katie Mitchell production conducted by Ivor Bolton, his debut at Welsh National Opera singing Hobson in a new production by Melly Still of\u00a0Peter Grimes<\/em>\u00a0and a return to the Glyndebourne Festival in 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last season saw Callum in the demanding role of Polifemo in Handel\u2019s\u00a0Aci, Galatea e Polifemo<\/em> conducted by Laurence Cummings at the London Handel Festival, prompting Rachel Halliburton in The Times to write\u00a0the astonishing, cavernous range of Callum Thorpe, who plays Polifemo. The famous aria ranges over two and a half octaves, and Thorpe imbues it with a rich anguish that elicits unexpected pity.<\/em>\u00a0He also appeared in a new production by Sir David Pountney of Purcell\u00a0Masque of Might<\/em>\u00a0at Opera North and sang Sarastro in\u00a0Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>\u00a0at the 2024 Glyndebourne Festival. Concert highlights included Weill\u2019s\u00a0Seven Deadly Sins<\/em>\u00a0with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner; Schubert Mass No. 5 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra; and excerpts from Bizet\u2019s\u00a0Les p\u0207cheurs de perles<\/em>\u00a0and Gounod\u2019s\u00a0Faust<\/em>\u00a0in concert for Scottish Opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent operatic engagements include Sparafucile\u00a0Rigoletto,<\/em>\u00a0Angelotti in\u00a0Tosca<\/em>\u00a0and Poacher in Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u00a0The Cunning Little\u00a0<\/em>Vixen at Opera North: Basilio in Rossini\u2019s\u00a0Il barbiere di Siviglia\u00a0<\/em>for Garsington Opera; Talbot\u00a0Maria Stuarda<\/em>\u00a0for Irish National Opera; Sarastro and Banco\u00a0Macbeth<\/em>\u00a0at Theater Basel; Antinoo and Il Tempo\u00a0Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in patria<\/em>\u00a0with Emmanuelle Ha\u00efm; and Plutone\u00a0Orfeo<\/em>\u00a0for the Royal Opera House. Callum has also performed Hunding, in concert, in Wagner\u2019s\u00a0Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em>\u00a0with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and Eric Nielsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His repertoire ranges from the baroque to the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0Century. Callum created the role of Gibarian in the world premi\u00e8re of Fujikura\u2019s\u00a0Solaris<\/em>\u00a0at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es and has also sung works by Peter Maxwell Davies and Viktor Ullmann. Past performances with William Christie have included Purcell\u00a0The Fairy Queen<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Indian Queen<\/em>, Rameau\u00a0Hippolyte et Aricie<\/em>, Phobetor in Lully\u2019s\u00a0Atys<\/em>\u00a0and Pluto in Charpentier\u2019s\u00a0La descente d\u2019Orph\u00e9e aux enfers<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the concert platform his wide-ranging repertoire includes Bach\u00a0St John Passion<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0St Matthew Passion,<\/em>\u00a0Handel\u00a0Messiah,<\/em>\u00a0and the Mozart and Verdi Requiem, with conductors including Marc Minkowski, Sir Mark Elder, Ivor Bolton, Jonathan Cohen, Masato Suzuki, Christian Curnyn and Edward Gardner.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMEDIA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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