Garðar Thór Cortes
Icelandic tenor · Iceland · On the map · Actors · Born 1974 · age 52
Garðar Thór Cortes 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.
Garðar Thór Cortes is read about 13 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Garðar
Close ties
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 1
2 credits on file
Television 1
Media & music
![Cortes performing at Covent Garden[clarification needed At the Royal Opera House or in the district?] in London in June 2007](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Gar%C3%B0ar_Th%C3%B3r_Cortes%2C_Covent_Garden%2C_London_-_20070604.jpg/500px-Gar%C3%B0ar_Th%C3%B3r_Cortes%2C_Covent_Garden%2C_London_-_20070604.jpg)
About this person
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. His debut album in the UK, also titled Cortes, was released on 16 April 2007 and entered the UK Classical Charts at number 1.
In common with Garðar
Anthony WarlowAlso in The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)Nick MorrisAlso in The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
John Owen-JonesAlso in The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
Liz RobertsonAlso in The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)Charles HartAlso in The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)