Aidan Thomas Phillips
TENOR
Tenor Aidan Thomas Phillips is currently studying at the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, studying under Iain Paton. Aidan was a student at the New Zealand Opera School (2020-2022), and studied both his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music where he was the recipient of a Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship, and graduated in 2023 with BMus (Hons) and MMus (Hons) in Classical Vocal Performance.
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"The voice I heard was rich and powerful over the full range, with phenomenal breath control and flawless Italian diction. …His three big arias, ‘Vedrommi intorno’ (when he is washed ashore and getting his bearings), ‘Fuor del mar’ (comparing his emotional state with the stormy sea), and ‘Torna la pace’ (when he abdicates and Neptune is finally placated), were all excellent.”
- Donal Hurley, Edinburgh Music Review. Idomene0, RCS, John Butt