Metropolitan Opera soprano Ana Maria Martinez has praised Dylan F. Thomas for "thinking out of the box in an intriguing and captivating way” and for serving as “an inspiring director and mentor, particularly for young artists." Superstar baritone Quinn Kelsey, a favorite at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera, said that Thomas has, "utilized his own intuitive twists on the story line of certain pieces to give me as a singer a different perspective of my interpretation," and that Thomas' unique production and staging concepts "could prove
quite useful in bringing more and more audiences back to the opera. Mr. Thomas' insight just seems to me to be a very healthy way to re-energize opera productions."

Thomas is a Lecturer at the Yale School of Music, where he stages Yale Opera’s Fall Opera Scenes program and teaches his unique acting method, The Dressler Technique, in a course called “Acting for Opera.” Thomas also serves as Opera Program Manager for the Grammy Award-winning National Children’s Chorus’ National Youth Opera Academy (formerly Vail Opera Camp), where he teaches acting and co-directs fully staged operas during the organization’s summer opera camp. Thomas has been commissioned by the NYOA to write a new children’s opera set to the music of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love.

Thomas is the Co-Founder of Valley Opera and Performing Arts in Los Angeles, where he has directed numerous operas, musicals, and concerts featuring such renowned performers as Metropolitan Opera artists Edward Nelson, Rodell Rosel, and Milena Kitic, as well as legendary pop icon Deniece Williams.