REVIEWS

“Simon Thorpe is a delicious, pompous Belcore.”
Belcore: L’elisir d’amore / Scottish Opera / The Stage

“Simon Thorpe made a vaingloriously macho Belcore...”
Belcore: L’elisir d’amore / Scottish Opera / The Times

“The other rhapsodic lines go to the Forester, in which part Simon Thorpe is aptly solid, stolid and blunt until the closing scene.”
The Forester: The Cunning Little Vixen / Opera Australia / Sydney Morning Herald

“...Stephen Richardson and Simon Thorpe etching sharp cameos as Dikoy and Kuligin.”
Kuligin: Katya Kabanova / Opera North / The Daily Telegraph

“Simon Thorpe was strong, too, as Alfio…”
Alfio: Cavalleria Rusticana / Dorset Opera / Opera

“Simon Thorpe as Pasha Selim was calm, dominating and oozed charisma.”
Pasha Selim: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Welsh National Opera / Opera Britannia

“…interpreted by Simon Thorpe with an air of natural authority, making some very telling uses of silence and hesitation and conveying a plausible sense of power restrained…”
Pasha Selim: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Welsh National Opera / Seen and Heard

“…Simon Thorpe’s suave Pasha…”
Pasha Selim: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Welsh National Opera / The Times

“...Simon Thorpe as a touchingly concerned Lescaut.”
Lescaut: Manon Lescaut / Opera Holland Park / The Observer

“Simon Thorpe is a sympathetic and smooth-toned Sharpless.”
Sharpless: Madama Butterfly / Opera Holland Park / The Guardian

“His acting matched his vocal ability and when he tried to force his love on to Tosca, he really did represent a physical as well as mental threat to her.”
Scarpia: Tosca / Welsh National Opera / Crackerjack Gloucesterhire

“... Simon Thorpe and Cara O’Sullivan are both absolutely magnificent…totally convincing actors who sang with sensitivity, authority and great musicality throughout.“
Anckarström: Un ballo in maschera / Cork Opera 2005 / Irish Examiner

“…the ardency of baritone Simon Thorpe as Amelia's husband, Anckarström, is altogether more persuasive, and he also stirs up an impressive storm with his co-conspirators…”
Anckarström: Un ballo in maschera / Cork Opera 2005 / The Irish Times

“Simon Thorpe was a commanding Anckarström, moving from loyalist to assassin with complete conviction, and displaying true Verdian style throughout.”
Anckarström: Un ballo in maschera / Cork Opera 2005 / Opera

“His Rigoletto showed the full range of his voice, with expressive singing and a fine command of suppressed anger.”
Rigoletto / Clonter Opera / Opera

“Simon Thorpe – the only member of the cast not making his first appearance at Clonter – was biting, flexible and eloquent as the jester, ambiguous in his relationship with Gilda’s chaperone (Emily Stevenson) and anguished in his fatherly concern.”
Rigoletto / Clonter Opera / Opera Now