THOMAS BOOTH
 
REVIEWS

 

Thomas Booth is endowed with a beautiful voice of considerable range and resonance.  He is exceptionally musical and has a pleasing personality.  Alexander Kipnis, The Juilliard School

Thomas Booth possesses a beautiful voice with an added good measure of vitality.
Lorenzo Malfatti, Opera School of Chicago

Thomas Booth's Shuisky was insinuating and expertly sung. 
The New York Times (Metropolitan Opera Performance, Boris Godunov)

Thomas Booth negotiated the treacherous role with more taste and accuracy than any tenor I have yet heard in the theater.  Opera (Damnation of Faust, Liege, Belgium)

U.S. tenor Thomas Booth invested the title role with charisma and sang strongly.
Opera News (Piccolo Marat, Wexford, Ireland

Thomas Booth made a convincing Piccolo Marat singing the heavy role with untiring energy and warmth of tone.
Opera (Piccolo Marat)

Tenor Thomas Booth was Prince Calaf. He is handsome and moves well, his voice is attractive and he can handle the notes.  New York Daily News (Turandot, New York City Opera)

It is a relief to report with enthusiasm that American tenor Thomas Booth is something of a find. He sings with both brio or tenderness as the score demands...he has a fine even range encompassing the brilliancy of volume of a heldentenor and the poetic delicacy of the lyric tenor.  He is magnificently easy to listen to.
The Star Tonight (Lehar's Tsarevitch, Pretoria, South Africa)

The Roman proconsul, Pollione, was forcefully played by Thomas Booth
Worcester Telegram (Norma, Boston Concert Opera)

Thomas Booth gave life to the Steersman with subtleties.
Opera International (Flying Dutchman, Montpellier, France)

Thomas Booth's stentorian tones and valid acting did much to overcome the part's limitations.
Morning Advocate (Erik, Flying Dutchman, New Orleans)

Thomas Booth has the needed ringing tenor voice for the Prince, as well as the musical sensitivity.
Thor Eckert,Christian Science Monitor (USA Premier of Rusalka, Spoletto Festival, Charleston)

Thomas Booth achieved a high point of the evening with an adamantly dramatic rendition of his solo.
Fort Worth Star Telegram (Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Dallas)

Thomas Booth was an exciting discovery. Blessed with a beautiful voice, he san with good voice placement and instinctive musicianship. 
Oak Ridger (Mahler 8th Symphony, Knoxville)

Mr. Booth was met with thundering applause throughout his appearance.
Bellingham Times (Mario Lanza Tribute with Mantovani Orchestra)

Mr. Booth truly took over the audience that gave him several standing ovations. His is the finest voice to visit Savannah in my lifetime. Chatham Artillery (Sponsor of Lanza Tour concert in Savannah)

Everything with him is remarkably unified: the voice, strong and incisive; vocal command, almost irreproachable; the rhythmic control, absolute; the projection of the text, pronounced with clarity and intelligence...interpretations, comparable to the best where many details of expression retained one's attention...vocally interesting, and, especially, musical.
La Presse (Recital, Montreal Canada)

The 79 minutes of music here demonstrates George Lloyd's impressive operatic skills....Thomas Booth's Richard is strong and confident. BBC Magazine (Recording of John Socman, Albany UK Records)

Thomas Booth offered an Otello, misled and miscalculating, but never completely out of control until the murder. He was in excellent voice.  Opera News (Otello, Knoxville)

Tenor Thomas Booth possesses a glorious instrument and gives us a brilliant, vibrant and vital Cavaradossi.
Telegraph Herald (Tosca, Dubuque Iowa)

His no-nonsense straight-to-the-top Nessun Dorma topped the whole program.
Milwaukee Journal Metro (Concert, Milwaukee Under the Stars)

Mr. Booth is a very fine tenor with considerable performing skills and musical confidence.
Richard J. Bjella, conductor (Verdi Requiem, Lawrence University)

...a great tenor who has sung on the stages of some of the world's most prestigious opera houses.
Tim Pahel, Music Coordinator Carl Sandburg College

Thomas Booth has a great tenor voice equal to any opera singer or entertainer. His wide variety of songs and program pleased everyone.
Rev. Gordon Jones (Concert for Carl Sandburg College and Bushnell Presbyterian Church)

Tom Booth's excellence as an organist and tenor combined with his charming personality made for a most delightful afternoon...The audience was quite captivated and responsive.
Rev William Myers (Maple Leaf Community Concert Performance at Faith Church)

Mr. Booth's January 2002 appearance at the Maple Leaf Community Concert Series was a highlight of the season. His listeners were receptive and enthusiastic and continue to recall this memorable event with pleasure.
Don Gibb, Past President MLCC (Maple Leaf Community Concert)

Tom Booth has found a special way to weave a balanced program of music through sharing his gifted tenor voice in singing a variety of songs from opera to gospel favorites. He shifts gears very smoothly through moving from tenor soloist to organist who plays the organ favorites with enthusiasm and grace.
Gaylord Buss, Pastor (Grace United Methodist Church Special Concert)

Thomas Booth's voice is thrilling....his performance of the captivating Nessun Dorma was one of the musical highlights of the evening.                   Azalea City News and Review (Mobile, AL)

The tenor role of the Piccolo Marat was gallantly sung by Thomas Booth.  (Il Piccolo Marat)
                                                         Sunday Telegraph (London)

The predominantly American cast is first rate, especially Thomas Booth in the title role. (Il Piccolo Marat)
                                                          Daily Telegraph, London