Born and raised in Ingolstadt, Germany, Harald Thum studied singing at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen under Hanno Blaschke.
Since 1990 he has been a chorus member of the Bayerische Staatsoper, regularly taking solo roles and appearing under conductors including Wolfgang Sawallisch, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano and Kirill Petrenko.
As a soloist he has sung standard concert repertoire, such as Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s The Creation and Mozart’s Requiem. He has also appeared on recordings and broadcasts.