Liam Bonthrone

Scottish tenor Liam Bonthrone was a member of the Opernstudio of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich from 2022-24, where his roles included Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Remendado (Carmen), Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos), Narrator (Carl Orff’s Der Mond), Rustighello (Lucrezia Borgia), Ein Junger Seemann (Tristan und Isolde), Gran Sacerdote (Idomeneo), Eurimaco/Pisandro (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria), Un Lampionaio (Manon Lescaut) and Player 2 (Brett Dean’s Hamlet). He recently made debuts with Potsdam Winteroper as Rinaldo (Armida), Royal Danish Opera as Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks singing Gran Sacerdote (Idomeneo), at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl singing the role of Der Waldgeist (Schneeflöckchen), Glyndebourne Festival singing First Grail Knight in a new production of Parsifal and Abner/Doeg/High Priest in Barrie Kosky’s revival of Saul. 2025/26 Season highlights include Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola) for GöteborgsOperan, Jonathan (Saul) for Oper Köln, as well a return to Glyndebourne as Brightella (Ariadne).