Tom Solomon

(Peter Brown - London Theatre) “the real star is Tom Solomon” (The Scotsman) “the beatific Moon” (Andy Propst - Backstage) “And the cast, notably baritone-falsetto Tom Solomon is superb” (Jenny Gilbert - The Independent) His varied career has seen performances with the Hallé Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Sinfonia Britannia, Manchester Camerata & RTE Concert Orchestra to name a few. His recent album “Beautiful Day” went straight to the top of the iTunes Classical Chart beating Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti to the coveted Number 1 spot. He was the winner of the BBC “Voice of Musical Theatre” Award and is in constant demand as an actor and singer. He made his Contemporary Opera debut performing the leading roles of Moon and King of The East in Jonathan Dove’s critically acclaimed production of “The Enchanted Pig” at the Linbury Theatre, produced by the Young Vic & Royal Opera House. The opera transferred to 42nd Street, New York where he made his Broadway debut. Tom was then invited to create the role of William Hogarth in another critically acclaimed original Royal Opera House production “Pleasure’s Progress” by Paul Englishby and Alasdair Middleton, directed by Will Tuckett. Recent guest performance invitations include concerts for HRH Prince Edward at Windsor Castle; The President, His Excellency Dr Tony Tan in Singapore, The Queen of Negeri Sembilan, HRH Tuanku Ampuan and the Prince of Malaysia HRH Tunku Naquiyuddin in Kuala Lumpur both sponsored by British Airways; The BBC Radio 2 50th Anniversary Concert at the Hackney Empire live on BBC radio 2; Talk Radio Europe Telethon; Magic of the Musicals at Manchester Bridgewater Hall and Buxton Opera House and Showstoppers at Dublin National Concert Hall. Tom has performed leading roles in West End and International productions of the most popular musicals of all time including: West Side Story, Chess, Chicago, Scrooge, Les Miserables, Into The Woods, Hello Dolly, Side By Side By Sondheim, Glamorous Nights - The Ivor Novello Celebration and The Phantom of the Opera. Other theatre includes leading roles in: Only The Brave; BusQueda, Uncle Eric, It’s 50’s Night and workshop productions including: Grimaldi for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Who Ate All The Pies, The Tempest; Notre Dame; Godiva and The Legend of Beowulf. Appearances on TV and Radio shows include: Children In Need, Good Morning Ireland, The Hub for Gibraltar TV, BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, RTE1, Blue Peter, The Princess Diana Memorial Concert, Friday Night Is Music Night and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Birthday Concert. Tom also narrated “The Crystal Pool” audiobook 1 of the best selling six novel children's series “Kernowland in Erthwurld” by Jack Trelawny, the world's leading school visitor author.