Hailed as “a strikingly gifted tenor, with a deeply moving, unblemished voice” (sfmusicjournal.com), and “a brilliant tenor, his voice plangent and supremely expressive” (FanFare), tenor Brian Thorsett excels in opera, oratorio and recital across the world. Since taking to the stage, Brian has been seen and heard in over 120 diverse operatic roles along with a stylistically diversified repertoire of over 300 concert works.
He has also appeared in recordings, commercials and movies as the voice for SoundIron’s library Voice of Rapture: Tenor. His numerous albums have been well-received by BBC Music Magazine, Rolling Stone, Musical Opinion Quarterly, American Record Guide and FanFare.

He is a graduate of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, Glimmerglass Opera’s Young American Artist program, American Bach Soloists’ Academy, the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme at Aldeburgh, England and spent two summers at the Music Academy of the West. He previously served on the faculties of UC Berkeley and Santa Clara University. Brian is currentlyProfessor of Voice at the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech, where he has seen his students go on to do diverse things such as major graduate and training programs, premiere major new works by renowned composers, sing at venues like the Metropolitan Opera and off-Broadway, produce award winning hip-hop albums, and, most importantly, serve as valuable members of the music education community.