Tenor Soloist in DAS LIED VON DER ERDE

Philadelphia Orchestra

“Both DeYoung and Thomas were at their lyrical best. Their highly nuanced singing was skillfully varied... Mahler’s diverse compositional techniques require panoplies of emotion, from plaintive to ebullient. The two singers displayed solid, impressive techniques to support the challenging writing. Thomas forcefully conveyed the grim undertones of this and…with his effortless high notes and impressively powerful voice that easily carried over the orchestra, the tenor modulated his sound from savage to expressive to echo the contrasts between these two vastly different emotions and reflections on life.”
–Erica Miner, Bachtrack

“Tenor Russell Thomas faced off with some of the most brutal vocal lines in the entire tenor repertoire with astounding accuracy and authority.”
–David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer