Katy Thomson

Scottish Soprano Katy Thomson is a graduate of Durham University and The Royal College of Music. She was awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal upon graduating from the Royal College of Music Opera Studio in September 2020, for her outstanding talent and contribution to life at the College. She was a Britten Pears Young Artist (2021-2022), Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Artist (2021 & 2022) and an Oxford Song Young Artist (2022-2023).

At Garsington Opera in 2021, she stepped in to make her debut as the Marschallin in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier ("… a graceful, wise and moving Marschallin…” – Neil Fisher) and won the Helen Clarke Award. Other recent operatic engagements include Woglinde (cover) in Das Rheingold with English National Opera and Lady Dunmow in Lennox Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement with Opera Cameratina, as well as featuring as a guest artist with If Opera and Scottish Opera.

Recent concert performances include Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, Respighi’s Il Tramonto and Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok. Katy regularly features at the Oxford International Song Festival and has performed in the 2024 Schubert & Co concerts, curated by Sholto Kynoch.

Passionate about contemporary music, Katy is known for her exceptional musicianship and creative curiosity. Recent world premiere performances include: Lliam Paterson, The Sign of Four, Leeds Opera Festival, 2024; Toby Hession, In Flagrante (Libretto: Emma Jenkins), Scottish Opera, 2023; Peter Foggitt What happens if she eats the pear (Text: Venetia Bridges) and Emily Hazrati Mother Love (Text: Venetia Bridges), Oxford International Song Festival Spring Song 2023.

Katy is represented by ArteMIS Opera. For more information, visit www.katythomson.co.uk.

Updated September 2024