Opera Magazine
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People
“Russell Thomas’s singing instantly commands attention with his strikingly individual timbre, instinctive musicality, and extraordinary eloquence. Singing truly seems the very core of his being. Indeed, he views it as literally a matter of life and death: 'I sing to save my life. Singing has done that in so many ways. I had a tough childhood, and for me it was therapy. It was what I looked forward to – until my son was born, the only thing I had to look forward to. Then I had this other body to be responsible for, and of course, that's something I take very seriously. But music and singing are survival for me, like needing air and water. I don't know how to be without being a singer.'“