Thomas Lowe (tenor)

Thomas Lowe (* 1719, † March 1, 1783 in London) was a British tenor.

Thomas Lowe began his singing career in 1740 at the Drury Lane Theatre. In the same year he also made ​​her first appearance in front of the Prince of Wales Friedrich Ludwig of Hanover, as he attended the premiere of Arne's masque Alfred with the final song Rule, Britannia! participated. In the years 1743 and 1748 to 1751 Lowe was a member of the ensemble of Covent Garden. He became known for the large number of roles that Handel composed for him, in Samson, the title role in Joshua, the Zadok in Solomon and Septimius in Theodora.

Music critic Dr. Charles Burney wrote about him: "the finest tenor voice I have ever heard in my life, for want of diligence and cultivation he Could never be safely trusted with anything better than a ballad, Which he learned Constantly by his ear".

Thomas Lowe lived a few years in an estate in Marylebone Gardens, where he also gave concerts. He sold the property in 1769 to Samuel Arnold continued after Lowe's voice had subsided and he could no longer occur.