Thomas Edmonds (tenor) singer, he has appeared in oratorios and many operas, including Mozart operas "Don Giovanni" (as "Don Ottavio"), and "The Abduction From the Seraglio" (as "Belmonte"), amongst others. He also appeared in State Opera of South Australia production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera ""H.M.S. Pinafore"" as Ralph Rackstraw, alongside Dennis Olsen and Judith Henley. The production was broadcast, throughout Australia, as a simultaneous television and stereo radio broadcast, by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Edmonds has sung in opera at Covent Garden and the Edinburgh Festival and has appeared with the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as appearing in concert in
Maria Stader "The Abduction from the Seraglio", two versions (1954 and 1960) of 'Exsultate, jubilate' and the Great Mass, as well as Verdi's Messa da Requiem. She won, the Geneva International Music Competition in 1939, but although she "seemed poised for major stardom... her career was delayed by the outbreak of World War II," according to "Opera News". Later in her career, Stader acquired a reputation as an outstanding Bach interpreter, especially with Karl Richter and Ferenc Fricsay. She recorded the "Requiem" by Antonín Dvořák with Karel Ančerl, and Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" (as Marzelline) with Hans Knappertsbusch. Stader was highly praised for