Indra Thomas

Indra Thomas is rapidly establishing herself as one of the world's major sopranos. The New York Times wrote of her performance at the Caramoor Festival as "a triumph...the audience awarded her a tremendous ovation".

She made her New York Philharmonic début in excerpts from Porgy and Bess, in a gala New Year’s Eve Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel and nationally televised on Live from Lincoln Center. She also performed in concerts of scenes from Porgy and Bess at her début with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia conducted by Yuri Temirkanov and with the Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

Other highlights of past concert engagements also include performances in London under the direction of Sir Roger Norrington on the opening night of BBC Proms in which she performed in Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, the work which also served as her début with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis. In addition, she has collaborated with conductors including Vladimir Spivakov, Jesús López-Cobos, Myung Whun Chung and orchestras such as Orchestre National de Lyon, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony and Orchestre de Paris. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Festival de Saint Denis and Tokyo’s Oji Hall.

A celebrated soprano in performing Aida, Indra has sung the title role at the Bregenz Festival, Palm Beach Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Michigan Opera Theatre and at the Choregies d’Orange opposite Roberto Alagna. She has also performed in numerous other opera productions.

Ms Thomas’ recordings include A Child of Our Time with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and a CD for National Public Radio of lieder by Strauss, Duparc and John Duke. She is also featured on the Naxos CD titled A Night at the Opera.