Garðar Thór Cortes

Garðar Thór Cortes (pronounced Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkarðar tʰouːr ˈkʰɔr̥tɛs], born 2 May 1974) is an Icelandic tenor of Icelandic and English parentage. A former child actor, Garðar subsequently trained as a singer in Vienna, Copenhagen and London. He has performed various leading tenor roles in operas, as well as a leading part in The Phantom of the Opera in London's West End. While insisting that he is first and foremost a classical opera singer, it was with his classical crossover album Cortes, released in Iceland in 2005, that Garðar came to prominence.