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date = "2019-01-21T21:43:33+00:00"
discipline = "Baritone"
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title = "Thomas Glass"
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Baritone Thomas Glass is a 2018-2019 Studio Artist at Houston Grand Opera, where this season he makes his role debut as Marcello in _La bohème_, Alvaro in _Florencia en el Amazonas_ and covers the title role in _Don Giovanni_. 

In the 2017-2018 season with Houston Grand Opera, Mr. Glass made his role debut as Figaro in Rossini's _Il barbiere di Siviglia_, performed Baron Duphol in _La Traviata_, Fiorello in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ and Officer Krupke in Bernstein’s _West Side Story_. Further assignments in the season included the cover of Achilla in Handel’s _Giulio Cesare in Egitto_. 

He joined Wolf Trap Opera to sing Mercutio in _Roméo et Juliette_, and appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra as the baritone soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

In the 2016-17 season, Mr. Glass was a Resident Artist at Minnesota Opera, where he made his professional debut as Capulet in _Roméo et Juliette_. He created the role of Gustave in the world premiere of William Bolcom’s _Dinner at Eight_ and made his role debut as Schaunard in _La bohème_. 

Other assignments included covers of Mercutio in _Roméo et Juliette_, Donner in _Das Rheingold_, and Dan Packard and Dr. Talbot in _Dinner at Eight_.

In the summer of 2017, the baritone participated in the Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera,where he was featured in the Schwabacher Concert, performing Athanaël in Massenet’s _Thaïs_ and singing Ford’s Monologue from Verdi’s _Falstaff_ in the Grand Finale Concert. 

During the summers of 2015 and 2016, Mr. Glass was a member of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio, where he sang Joseph in _The Ghosts of Versailles_ and Bragherona in the U.S. premiere of _L’opera seria_ by Florian Leopold Gassmann.  While at Wolf Trap, he also covered the roles of Tarquinius in _The Rape of Lucretia_ and Schaunard in _La bohème_. 

In the Studio Scenes Program, he portrayed Dapertutto in the famous sextet from _Les Contes d’Hoffmann_, and sang excerpts as Silvio in _I Pagliacci_ and Danilo in _The Merry Widow_.

A native of Edina, Minnesota, Mr. Glass earned his Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.  While at Rice, he sang the roles of Snug in _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_, Figaro in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_, and Peter in _Hänsel und Gretel_.  

He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Music Business. 