Hailed by Edinburgh Music Review as possessing a voice that is “rich and powerful over the full range” with “compelling characterisation”, New Zealand/British tenor Aidan Thomas Phillips is emerging as a distinctive voice in the lyric and young dramatic repertoire.
In the 2026/27 season, he makes his company debut with Longborough Festival Opera in Tristan und Isolde, sings Gregor in The Makropulos Affair with Edinburgh Players Opera Group, Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana with Aria Alba, and Parpignol (cover Rodolfo) in La Bohème with Clyde Opera Group.
Recent performances include Leukippos in Daphne, Don José in Carmen, and Ismaele in Nabucco. On the concert platform, his appearances include Symphony No. 9, the Evangelist/Tenor in J.S. Bach’s St John Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man, Handel’s Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate, Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ and Missa in tempore belli, and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle.
He is an alumnus of the Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he studied with Iain Paton. His roles there included the title role in Idomeneo, Tamino in
Die Zauberflöte, and Filippo in L’infedeltà delusa. He now continues his studies with Brian Smith Walters.
