In 23/24 Liam Bonthrone’s roles in Munich included Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos) which went on tour to the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Gran Sacerdote (Idomeneo) and Remendado (Carmen).
He also sang the role of Der Waldgeist in Rimsky-Korsakov’s (Schneeflöckchen) at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl and made his debut with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Sir Simon Rattle singing Gran Sacerdote (Idomeneo).
This season he returns to Bayerische Staatsoper as a guest for further performances of Der Mond as well as Gaston/Victorin (Die tote Stadt) and makes debuts at Potsdam Winteroper as Rinaldo in Haydn's Armida, Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) for Royal Danish Opera, and for Glyndebourne Festival 1st Grail Knight in a new production of Parsifal and Abner/Doeg/High Priest in Barrie Kosky's revival of Saul where he will also cover the role of Jonathan.
Photo: Gabriel Rollinson