Known for his "pleasant, well rounded voice" (Palm Beach Arts), baritone Thomas Lehman is a versatile and compelling artist whose repertoire ranges from Bach to Berio. Currently a Young Artist at Florida Grand Opera, Lehman appeared as Peter Niles in Mourning Becomes Electra, Ben in The Telephone, and as King Tashi/Narrator in an outreach production of David Chesky's The Mice War. While at Florida Grand Opera, he has worked with artists and clinicians such as Ramon Tebar, Kevin Newbury, Diana Soviero, Lauren Flanigan, Bernard Uzan, David Gately, A. Scott Parry, and Julie Maykowski.

He received his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, singing leading roles in Assassins, Il matrimonio segreto, Manon, and The Bartered Bride. A student of Carol Webber, he has worked with coaches, directors, and conductors including Benton Hess, Margo Garrett, Martina Arroyo, Graham Johnson, William Weinert, Lawrence Doebler, Russell Miller, Jean Barr, Paul Sperry, David Lefkowich, Sam Helfrich, Brad Hougham, Enza Ferrari and Brian DeMaris. He made his operatic professional debut in 2010 as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with the Delaware Valley Opera and has appeared as a Studio Artist with the Chautauqua Opera. His undergraduate work was done at  Ithaca College, where he performed leading roles in Ravel's Lʼenfant et les sortilèges, Viardot's Cendrillon, Rachel Portman's The Little Prince and Mozart's Don Giovanni and La finta giardiniera.

In Spring of 2014, he was awarded the Curt Engelhorn scholarship from The Opera Foundation, allowing him to become a member of the 2014-15 Deutsche Oper Berlin roster.  He won first place and the Lynne Clarke Vocal Prize at the 2010 Friends of Eastman Opera Competition, first place in the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition. an encouragement award at the 2013 MONC Great Lakes Auditions, the Grand Prize at the Orpheus Competition in Nashville, TN, and won the fourth Prize at the Rochester Oratorio Society Classical Idol Competition.

In concert, Lehman has performed solo in works by Bach, Britten, Dvořák, Orff, Beethoven, Schubert, Handel, Haydn, and Schumann, as well as the requiems of Duruflé, Mozart, and Brahms.  A large proponent of modern music, Lehman performed the works of Pulitzer prize nominated Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon at the Festival Internacional Cervantino, as well as the songs of Takemitsu prize winner Arlene Sierra.

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