[SYDNEY]

Tenor Tomas Dalton made his European debut creating the role of Ernest in the world premier of Women in War at Ancient Theatre Ifaistia, Lemnos. He subsequently reprised the role at the Filippi Festival, Kavala, and for Arts Centre Melbourne.

Tomas has also sung the roles of B F Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly (The Classics: Opera), Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Opera Australia Schools Tour), The Villager in Respighi’s The Sleeping Beauty (Victorian Opera), The Notary in Bellini’s La Sonnambula (Victorian Opera) alongside internationally acclaimed soprano Jessica Pratt, the Fourth Jew in Strauss's Salome (Opera Australia), and Bryan Robertson in the world premiere of Kats-Chernin's new opera Whiteley (Opera Australia).

Tomas’s concert repertoire includes the tenor solos from Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Handel's Solomon, Bach's Magnificat, and Hayden's Paukenmesse.

He has toured Australia, Germany, Denmark, and France as a soloist with the Australian Chamber Choir. Tomas also toured Australia as Tony Candolino in Terrence McNally's Master Class (Andrew Kay & King's Head London) alongside Helpmann Award winner Amanda Muggleton, making his Sydney Opera House debut in the process.

Tomas completed a Bachelor of Music in voice performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and also holds an AMusA in piano. He subsequently undertook further study in Italy as the recipient of the Acclaim Awards Italian Opera Fellowship.

In other competitions and award programs, Tomas was a finalist for the Opera Foundation for Young Australians: Deutsche Oper Berlin Award, a finalist for the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria, and a semifinalist for the German Australian Opera Grant.