Long managed by Columbia Artists and later ICM Artists Ltd., Mr. Booth has sung with the Metropolitan Opera in Principal and Leading Roles for nine seasons and sang for five seasons with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and also with the New York City Opera. He has performed across the United States in most every state and in New Orleans, Miami, Memphis, Seattle, Dallas, Philadelphia,  Milwaukee, Portland ( Maine and Oregon), Boston, San Diego, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Disney's Epcot Center, The Spoletto Festival USA and many other cities.  In Europe and Internationally  Mr. Booth has sung in Rome, London, Nice on the French Riviera, Nantes and Montptellier, France, in Belgium, Ireland, Warsaw, Stockholm, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Monterrey, Montreal, the Spanish Canary Islands, Frankfurt, Aachen, Saarbrucken and other German cities,  in South Africa and Tokyo.  He has sung the World Premier of George Lloyd's The Vigil of Venus at London's Royal Festival Hall, The American Premier of John Cage's EUROPERA in New York the Israeli Premier of Naom Sherif's The Sephardic Passion in Tel Aviv.  Mr. Booth has been heard numerous times on National Public Radio via performances from the Met, Lyric Opera and broadcasts of his recordings of John Socman and The Vigil of Venus and Boris Godunov.  He has also appeared onstage with each of the Three Tenors.

His favorite operas to perform are Otello, Turandot, Tosca, Aida, Pagliacci and Carmen.  Preferred symphonic works include the Beethoven 9th Sympony, the Verdi Requiem, the Mahler 8th Symphony, Handel's Messiah and Elgar's Dream of Gerontius.

Thomas Booth has sung concerts with many of the great orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic in Stockholm, the National Symphony at The Kennedy Center, the Dallas Symphony
the Warsaw Philharmonic, The Philharmonia Orchestra of London, the Montreal Symphony, the Welsh National Opera Orchestra in Concert, the Jersualem Symphony, the Israeli Symphony, the New World Symphony, the Mantovani Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, the Akron Symphony,
the Fort Wayne Symphony, the Evanston Symphony, the Hartford Symphony, the Portland Symphony, the Knox Galesburg Symphony, the Dubuque Symphony, the Lawrence Symphony and many others.  Among the major conductors leading his many performances have been Maestros James Levine, James Conlon, Michael Tilsson Thomas, John Nelson, Donald Runnicles,
Kazimierz Kord, Anton Guadagno, Albert Rosen, Riccardo Chailly, Mstislav Rostropovitch,
Bruno Bartoletti, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Martin Fischer-Dieskau, Friedrich Hayder, Paul Ethuin, Franz-Paul Decker and Raymond Leppard.

His recordings include The Vigil of Venus by George Lloyd on Albany UK Disques, and also John Soman by the same composer again on Albany.  He has recorded Boris Godunov with the National Symphony for Erato Disques, the Verdi Requiem with the Lawrence Symphony and Chorus and several of his recent recital concerts in 2002.  Additional recording projects are in currently in process, including a Holiday Album, a Classical Sacred Album  and an all Aria Album.

Recently, Thomas Booth has turned his attention to performing concerts and recitals and to teaching.  He is on the Faculty of Monmouth College, Knox College, Carl Sandburg College and The Company Fine Arts Academy.  He is also Principal Organist for Grace United Methodist Church in Pekin, Illinois and for the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Peoria. Mr Booth's teaching activities include both Vocal and Organ Instruction and Opera preparation for his students. He received his organ education at the University of North Carolina under Rudolph Kramer and in Masterclasses with famed organist E. Power Biggs.

Since cutting back on his intensive opera travel schedule, Mr. Booth has taken up lake and river kayaking,  motor boating, golf, and has maintained his long interest in weight training and walking.  The area where he now lives affords limitless outdoor and recreational opportunities and yet is still close enough to Chicago and Saint Louis for national and international travel. His wife is an accomplished pianist and college instructor and his daughter is a specialist in fine jewelry consulting.