Simon Thomas

London reviewer

Simon has been writing about opera and theatre for many years and was formerly Classical Music Editor at MusicOMH and Opera Editor for Whatsonstage.com. He has written for Exeunt magazine and Plays International and Europe magazine. Simon is now based in Bristol.

Reviews

Features

Maria Callas as Tosca on the cover of the CD recording

Opera Nights to Dream About

Simon Thomas fantasises about great nights at the opera.
Vinyl record cover of Otello recording with Domingo from the Zeffirelli film

A Great Night Out: a top night at the opera

Simon Thomas picks his highlights from nearly half a century of opera-going.
Michael Gambon in the 1980 National Theatre production of The Life of Galileo

A Great Night Out: my top theatre pick of the last 50 years

Simon Thomas remembers some of the greats he has seen in half a century of theatre-going, but Gambon comes out tops.