Valentin Thill

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“This emerging French tenor is a talent to watch.”
- Opera, June 2025

With his bright timbre and expressive musicianship, Valentin Thill is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most compelling young French tenors of his generation. Equally admired for his instinctive dramatic presence and the clarity and precision of his singing, in recent seasons he has built a strong presence in France, alongside growing international recognition with a succession of notable debuts at leading opera houses across Europe.

While French repertoire naturally occupies a central place in Thill’s career, his versatility extends from Mozart, Gluck, and Beethoven through to Puccini and Wagner. He has excelled as Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, a role that has taken him from his debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the BBC Proms in Barrie Kosky’s new staging under Robin Ticciati, to performances at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía under Riccardo Minasi and Teatro Regio Torino under Yves Abel, both in Robert Carsen’s iconic production. A closeartistic relationship with Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse has seen Thill become aregular presence in the company’s major new productions, where he has debuted as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Steuermann in Der fliegende Holländer, and as Ein Hirt and Junger Seemann in Tristan und Isolde.

Highlights elsewhere have included his debut at La Monnaie as Tavannes in Les Huguenots, directed by Olivier Py and conducted by Evelino Pidò, followed by a return as Pong in Christophe Coppens’ Turandot; his debut at Opéra national de Lyon as Joe in Tatjana Gürbaca’s La Fanciulla del West under Daniele Rustioni; and appearances at Opéra de Nice, Opéra national de Montpellier and Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège as Jaquino in Fidelio, Pylade in Iphigénie en Tauride and Spalanzani in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, respectively.

The coming season sees Thill continue to broaden both his repertoire and his international profile. He makes his role debut as Nicias in Massenet’s Thaïs at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège under Pierre Dumoussaud in Olivier Lepelletier’s new production, as well as his house debut at Opéra national de Lorraine as Gobbler and Peiper in Daan Janssens’ haunting Brodeck, conducted by Sora Elisabeth Lee and directed by Fabrice Murgia. He returns to Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse as Lyonnel in Chausson’s Le Roi Arthus, under Victorien Vanoosten in Aurélien Bory’s new staging, and to Opéra de Toulon to reprise Don Ottavio. Valentin also sings the role of Pierre Bernier in Henry Février’s rarely performed opera La Femme nue with Orchestre de Chambre de Genève under Guillaume Tourniaire, in concert and recorded for future release.

On the concert platform, Valentin Thill has recently appeared with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette under Robin Ticciati, in Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with Opéra de Limoges, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Jordi Savall, Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Orchestre national de Lyon under Ben Glassberg, and Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Anja Bihlmaier. His concert-opera appearances include Barbarigo in Verdi’s I due Foscari at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence under Daniele Rustioni, Nadir in Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Gonzalve in L’heure espagnole with both Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Kazuki Yamada and Barcelona Symphony Orchestra under Ludovic Morlot, and Roggiero in Rossini’s Tancredi under Jérémie Rhorer at Festival de Beaune.

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Valentin Thill | Carmelites in Glyndebourne

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robin Ticciati - Berlioz Roméo et Juliette 'La Reine Mab, ou la Fée des Songes' © Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra