TOM EMLYN WILLIAMS, Welsh American tenor, born and raised in New York City, he has spent
of his adult life on this side of the Atlantic, the first twenty years of that in Scotland before moving
London, then Amsterdam and now back to London. While studying at the University of Glasgow
held a Choral Scholarship, this was followed by further studies at the London Early Music Centre
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has sung with many opera companies including
Scottish, English National, D’Oyly Carte and Nederlands. In 1989, he gave the premiere performances
of the role of the Imam in Stewart Copeland’s Holy Blood and Crescent Moon; this role had been written
for him. From 1995 to 2004, he sang with the Netherlands Radio Choir. With a long interest in church
music, he was a Gentleman of the Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy in London for twelve years. |  |
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Place of birth | New York, NY, USA |
| Nationality
| British and American (dual national)
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| Qualifications | ALCM, ARCM, Post Dip Guildhall
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Experience:
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| 1969 | Scottish Opera Extra Chorus - Fidelio
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| 1976-79 | Scottish Opera Chorus (Full-time)
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| Roles with ScotOp | Cover and tour performances of Borsa
2nd Counter tenor, Purcell Hail Bright Cecilia
@ Aix en Provence Festival |
| 1978
| Spirit in Dido & Aeneas
Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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| 1979 | Buxton Festival - Chorus and Cover of Enrico! - Lucia di Lammermoor
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| 1982-85 | ENO Chorus (Full-time)
Cast as
3rd Shepherd - L’Orfeo Monteverdi
Nirenus - Julius Caesar also Video for RM Arts
Covered (and sang twice)
The Spirit of the Poet - Adventures of Mr. Broucek
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| 1985 | Abbey Opera - Flavio - Flavio Handel |
| 1988 | D'Oyly Carte - 1 season
Cast as
2nd Yeoman - Yeomen of the Guards
New Sadler’s Wells - 1 season
Covered
Marco - The Gondoliers
Ménélas - La Belle Hélène |
| 1989 |
Cleveland Opera - Imam in Holy Blood and Crescent Moon
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| 1994 | Nederlands Opera Chorus (Full-time)
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| 1995 to 2004 | Het Groot Omroepkoor, Hilversum
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| 2005 | ENO Extra Chorus - Götterdämmerung and Billy Budd
Scottish Opera Extra Chorus - Fidelio |
Solo work in many oratorios and choral works
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