Tenor Thomas Elwin studied at the Royal Academy of Music. An alumnus of the Solti Accademia Bel Canto and the Verbier Academy, he was a member of the opera studio at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and an Associate Artist of the Classical Opera Company.

Operatic engagements include Ferrando Così fan tutte, Nathanael Les contes d’Hoffman, Kuska Khovanshchina and Borsa Rigoletto in Stuttgart, Jacquino Fidelio and Belmonte Entführung aus dem Serail at the Vorarlberg Landestheater, Ferrando for Teatro Barocco and ETO, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni for ENO, Telemaco Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria for The Grange Festival, Rodolfo La bohème, Gennaro Lucrezia Borgia and staged performances of the St John Passion for ETO, Sam Kaplan Street Scene for Oper Köln and Oronte Alcina for the 2022 Glyndebourne Festival.

In 2023-24 he sang and recorded his first Alfredo La traviata for Opera Glass Works. The film was released on Sky Arts at the beginning of 2025.

Concert performances include Bach Passions (arias and as Evangelist) in the UK, Germany and Spain, Messiah throughout the UK and Europe, Britten Serenade in London and Leverkusen, Creation and Dvorak Mass in D at Winchester Cathedral, Verdi Requiem with the Royal Free Singers and performances of Messa di Gloria (Puccini), Jephtha (Handel), Nocturne (Britten), Elijah (Mendelssohn) and Mozart Requiem with the Munich Philharmonic under Barbara Hannigan. He recently performed Alfredo in The Mountebanks by Cellier in an acclaimed recording with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

As a recitalist Thomas has appeared at the Oxford Lieder Festival, Song in the City, Royal Academy Song circle and in the Masters series at the Gresham Centre. He has released recital recordings of Bellini and Donizetti songs and his most recent recording, La vase brisé, has received critical acclaim.