Born in Llandudno, Elgan Llŷr Thomas is a former Emerging Artist at Scottish Opera and Harewood Artist at English National Opera.

For Scottish Opera, his engagements have included creating Dr Richardson in Breaking the Waves, which he also sang for the French première at Paris’ Opéra-Comique, whilst for ENO, he most recently sang Jack O’Brien in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

Other companies for whom he has sung include London’s Royal Opera, Buxton International Festival, Grange Park Opera, Opera Holland Park and Opera North. He made his North American debut singing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.

His recordings include Listen to This – song cycles by Edward Picton-Turbevill, his debut solo recital album Unveiled on Delphian CD, and Elgar’s Caractacus on Hyperion CD.

His recent and current engagements include Prologue / Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw for London’s Royal Ballet & Opera; Krishna as a young man in John Tavener’s Kishna for Grange Park Opera; Handel’s Messiah with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Haydn’s Nelson Mass with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Mahler’s Das klagende Lied with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; and Fanny Mendelssohn’s Oratorium nach Bildern der Bibel with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Last updated: 1st April 2026