This week, Russell Thomas and Andrew Foster-Williams join the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Andrés Orozco-Estrada as Florestan and Don Fernando, respectively, in Fidelio on 31 March & 2 April.
Russell Thomas debuted as Florestan last season at Cincinnati Opera where he was praised for his “formidable power” (Cincinnati Inquirer), and takes on another new role this summer for his debut at the Salzburger Festspiele: the title role in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, in a new production by Peter Sellars and conducted by Teodor Currentzis.
Andrew Foster-Williams also returns to Europe for the summer at the Bregenz Festival, singing Escamillo in Kasper Holten’s new production of Carmen for the floating stage, as well as Faraone in Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto.
