CLAY THOMPSON
FAUST
Mephistopheles
Wolf Trap Opera
JULY 2023
The Barns At Wolf Trap | Vienna, VA, United States
Based on Goethe’s play, Gounod’s opera asks if the freedom of youth is worth an eternity in hell. It is to the aging Faust, who makes a pact with Méphistophélès to exchange his soul for another chance for youth and love.
FAUST
Mephistopheles
Wolf Trap Opera
JULY 2023
The Barns At Wolf Trap | Vienna, VA, United States
Based on Goethe’s play, Gounod’s opera asks if the freedom of youth is worth an eternity in hell. It is to the aging Faust, who makes a pact with Méphistophélès to exchange his soul for another chance for youth and love.
CARMEN
Zuniga
Lyric Opera of Chicago
MARCH - APRIL
2023
Civic Opera House | Chicago, IL, United States
Carmen is irresistible from the first note of the electrifying prelude right to the end of the devastating finale. The immortal tale of the restless, free-spirited heroine and Don José, the soldier who's drawn to her in a truly "fatal attraction," Carmen has long been one of the world's favorite operas.
HAMLET
Octet
The Metropolitan Opera
MAY - JUNE
2022
The Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY, United States
This riveting contemporary masterpiece arrives at the Met, with Neil Armfield, who directed the work’s premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, bringing his acclaimed staging to New York. Mr. Thompson makes his Metropolitan Opera debut as an Octet Singer in Brett Dean's Hamlet.
CARMEN
Zuniga
Arizona Opera
JAN - FEB
2022
Symphony Hall | Phoenix, AZ, United States
Tucson Music Hall | Tucson, AZ, United States
The thrilling score by French composer Georges Bizet includes some of the most popular and recognizable music in all of opera. Mr. Thompson makes his Arizona Opera debut as Zuniga in Carmen.
CINDERELLA
Master of Ceremonies (cover)
Metropolitan Opera
DEC -JAN
2021-2022
The Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY, United States
The Met presents a new installment in its series of abridged opera adaptations for family audiences. Mr. Thompson covers the Master of Ceremonies in this treasured holiday tradition.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Peter Quince (cover)
Santa Fe Opera
SUMMER
2021
Crosby Theatre | Santa Fe, NM, United States
Mr. Thompson covered the role of Peter Quince in Santa Fe Opera's premiere of Britten's beloved work.
DON GIOVANNI
Leporello
Minnesota Opera
MAY
2020
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | St. Paul, MN, United States
DUE TO COVID-19, PRODUCTION HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A TBA DATE & TIME.
Don Giovanni is an egotistical and infamous womanizer, brazen in his shameless seductions. But his betrayals soon catch up to him when divine retribution exacts the ultimate price. From the world’s most well-known composer, Mozart’s seamless blend of dark comedy with biting social commentary is a smart and otherworldly story of a man who dares to defy hell itself.
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
Nick Shadow
Wolf Trap Opera
SEPTEMBER
2020
Virtual Stream | Vienna, VA, United States
Apart of Wolf Trap Opera's 2020 Summer Season, the Into the Woods scenes program can be found on Youtube.
EUGENE ONEGIN
Prince Gremin
Wolf Trap Opera
AUGUST
2020
Virtual Stream | Vienna, VA, United States
Apart of Wolf Trap Opera's 2020 Summer Season, the Love: Surrender scenes program can be found on Youtube.
THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES
Suleyman Pasha
Château de
Versailles Spectacles
DECEMBER
2019
Royal Opera of Versailles | Versailles, France
In this hilarious nod to The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, the ghost of Marie Antoinette is upset about her untimely ending, so her favorite playwright, Beaumarchais, attempts to amuse her with a new work. He produces an opera within the opera starring Figaro, Count Almaviva and Susanna, who try to save the queen from her beheading in a fast-moving and tuneful production.
NOYE'S FLUDDE
Noye
The Glimmerglass Festival
AUGUST
2019
Cooperstown, NY, United States
A charming operatic adaptation of a 15th-century play about Noah’s Ark, starring the Glimmerglass Youth Chorus performing alongside members of the Young Artists Program. Performed with piano accompaniment.
LA TRAVIATA
Dottore Grenvil
The Glimmerglass Festival
JULY
2019
Alice Bush Theater | Cooperstown, NY, United States
The Parisian courtesan Violetta leaves a life of extravagance when she falls in love with Alfredo. But soon she is forced to make a terrible choice. With showpiece arias such as “Sempre libera” and its touching story, La traviata is one of the most beloved works in the operatic canon. After 10 years, the opera returns to the Glimmerglass stage in a stunning co-production with Washington National Opera.
THE FIX
Charles Comiskey
Minnesota Opera
APRIL
2019
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | St. Paul, MN, United States
Shoeless Joe and the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
An opera based on the notorious World Series scandal of 1919, featuring legendary figures such as Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ring Lardner, and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
LA TRAVIATA
Dottore Grenvil
Minnesota Opera
MAY
2019
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | St. Paul, MN, United States
To live and die for love. Boasting sumptuous, hummable melodies, this beloved opera is a timeless depiction of what it means to live and die for love.
Silent Night
French General
Minnesota Opera
NOVEMBER
2018
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | St. Paul, MN, United States
A moment of peace in the midst of war. Silent Night recounts a miraculous moment of peace during World War I. The Pulitzer Prize-winning music masterfully juxtaposes the bombastic sounds of war with serene songs from home.
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Harašta
The Glimmerglass Festival
JULY
2018
Alice Bush Theater | Cooperstown, NY, United States
Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen makes its Glimmerglass debut in a new production directed by E. Loren Meeker with a new English translation by Kelley Rourke. The production is choreographedby Eric Sean Fogel.
In this fresh look at Janácek's woodland fable, a forester, sung by Eric Owens, stumbles upon a vixen cub and takes her home. Both have their assumptions about the world challenged.
SILENT NIGHT
Father Palmer
The Glimmerglass Festival
JULY
2018
Alice Bush Theater | Cooperstown, NY, United States
Observing the centenary of the end of World War I, Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night will take the stage, telling the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 when Scottish, French and German soldiers came together in the holiday spirit during a legendary ceasefire. Tomer Zvulun, the General and Artistic Director of Atlanta Opera, will make his Glimmerglass debut as director.
THAÏS
Palémon
Minnesota Opera
MAY
2018
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | St. Paul, MN, United States
Spiritual conviction meets earthly desire. A devout monk seeks to convert Thaïs, a ravishingly beautiful courtesan, but realizes too late that his pious obsession is rooted in lust, not religion.
RIGOLETTO
Count Ceprano
Minnesota Opera
APRIL
2018
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | St. Paul, MN, United States
A fool’s revenge. Verdi’s time-honored tale of seduction and bitter revenge is boldly imagined in this new production. The disfigured jester Rigoletto must do everything in his power to protect his innocent daughter from the lecherous Duke of Mantua before she falls into his clutches.
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Antonio
Minnesota Opera
NOVEMBER
2017
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | St. Paul, MN, United States
Comedy, classism, and calamity. All is fair in love and war in this new staging of Mozart’s timeless comedy of errors, widely considered the perfect opera. Mozart’s infectious score brings humor, drama, and humanity to this story of class conflict
CARMEN
Zuniga
Fort Worth Opera
APRIL
2017
Bass Performance Hall | Fort Worth, TX, United States
Obsession turns deadly as a brawny bullfighter and an ill-fated corporal are seduced by a gypsy temptress in FWOpera’s stunning traditional production. Featuring some of the most recognizable arias in the repertoire, this classic opera will set your pulse racing while intoxicating your senses.