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Tómas Tómasson Bass-Baritone www.orlob.net · 09.26.2021 lmore info on Tómas Tómasson

Biography

The Icelandic bass-baritone, Tómas Tómasson, studied at the Reykjavik College of Music and at the Royal College of Music in London, where he graduated with distinction. His vast repertoire ranges from Monteverdi, Verdi and Puccini, Wagner and , Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev to Zemlinsky and Glass. He made his role debuts in the Heldenbariton repertoire as Tomsky/The Queen of Spades at the Théâtre de in Brussels, followed by the title roles of Der fliegende Holländer (also at the Théâtre de la Monnaie) and at the Opéra National de Lorraine Nancy.

Over the course of his career, Tómas Tómasson performed at renowned houses such as the Royal House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Munich, , Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, , State Opera Hamburg, Opera Cologne, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio Turin, Teatro San Carlo Naples, Teatro Real de Madrid, Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen, Lyric Opera Chicago, Los Angeles Opera, and San Francisco Opera. Tómas Tómasson collaborated with conductors, such as Riccardo Muti, , Antonio Pappano, Andris Nelsons, Simone Young, René Jacobs, , , Mark Elder, Carlo Rizzi, James Conlon, Juraj Val?uha, Ingo Metzmacher, and Lorin Maazel.

Highlights of the past include Klingsor/ at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and at the Lyric Opera Chicago, Jochanaan/, Kunrad/ and Holländer/Der fliegende Holländer at the Dresden Semperoper, Wotan/Das Rheingold/Walküre at the Ópera de Oviedo, Wanderer/Siegfried at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Tomsky/The Queen of Spades at the Vienna State Opera and at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Hans Sachs/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the title role in in Reimann's King Lear at the Komische Oper Berlin, Telramund/ at the Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, Dino in the world premiere of Beat Furrer's La Bianca Notte at the State Opera Hamburg, Opera Frankfurt, and the Hungarian State Opera Budapest, as well as Amfortas in the controversial world premiere of Jonathan Meese's Mondparsifal Alpha 1-8 at the Wiener Festwochen under Simone Young, and Mondparsifal Beta 9-23 at the Berliner Festwochen. On the concert stage he sang Verdi's Requiem, J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion, Mozart's Requiem,

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Haydn's The Creation, Beethoven's Symphony No 9 as well as Mahler's Symphony No 8. Within the last two season's he has performed i.a. Holländer/Der fliegende Holländer and Wotan/Die Walküre in Bari, Wotan//Wanderer in Wagner's Ring at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Wotan/Die Walküre at the Teatro di San Carlo Naples, Amfortas and Klingsor/Parsifal at the Hungarian State Opera Budapest, as well as Herrscher/Das Wunder der Heliane in Antwerp and Gent.

Engagements in the current season include, among others, Dr. Kolenaty in Dmitri Tcherniakov's new production of Janá?ek's The Makropulos Affaire at Opera Zurich under the baton of Jakub Hr??a, Tomsky/The Queen of Spades under Juraj Val?uha at Teatro di San Carlo Naples, as well as Jochanaan/Salome under at New National Theatre Tokyo and Samson et Dalila at the Washington National Opera.

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Repertoire

BRepertoire Concert Bach, J.S. Johannes Passion Matthäus Passion Weihnachtsoratorium Magnificat Beethoven 9. Sinfonie Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem Cherubini Missa solemnis in d-moll Dvorak Requiem Stabat Mater Elgar The Apostles Händel Dettinger Te Deum Haydn Die Jahreszeiten Nelson Messe

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Die Schöpfung Honegger Cantate de Noêl Mahler 8. Sinfonie Mozart Requiem Messe in c-moll Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri Tippett A Child of our Time Verdi Requiem

BRepertoire Opera Balada Faust-bal Mefistófeles Beethoven Fidelio Don Pizarro Bellini Norma Oroveso La sonnambula Conte Rodolfo Berg Wozzeck Wozzeck Berlioz Panthée Bizet Escamillo Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Snug Peter Grimes Hobson Donizetti L'elisir d'Amore Dulcamara Lucia di Lammermoor Raimondo Furrer La bianca notte Dino Violetter Schnee Jacques Glass Akhnaten Aye Orphee Judge Händel Alcina Melisso Semele Cadmus/Somnus Hindemith Das Nusch Nuschi Kyce Wang/Zeremonienmeister Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen 2. Krieger Janacek Die Sache Makropulos Dr. Kolenaty Korngold Das Wunder der Heliane Herrscher Lang Parzefool Amphortas Leoncavallo Pagliacci Tonio Marschner Der Vampyr Lord Ruthven Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana Alfio Massenet Werther Le Bailli Monteverdi Orfeo Plutone Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Antinoo/Tempo Mozart Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Il Commendatore Masetto

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Così fan tutte Don Alfonso Die Zauberflöte Sarastro La clemenza di Tito Publio Zaide Osmin Mussorgski Boris Godunow Pimen Sorochinski Fair Cherevik Prokofiev Der feurige Engel Ruprecht Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen König Tref Puccini La bohème Colline Reimann Lear Lear Ruzicka Celan Der Ober, ein Mann Saint-Saens Samson et Dalila Grand Prêtre de Dagon Schostakowitsch Lady Macbeth von Mzensk Boris Pope Sommerro Eystein av Nidaros Kong Sverre Strauss, R. Salome Jochanaan Feuersnot Kunrad Graf Waldner Truffaldino Tchaikovsky Mazeppa Mazeppa Queen of Spades Tomsky Gremin Verdi Rigoletto Rigoletto Sparafucile Don Carlos Filippo II Grand Inquisitore Frate Giorgio Germont Conte di Luna Ferrando Nabucco Zaccaria La forza del Destino Il Marchese di Calatrava Otello Lodovico Wagner Der fliegende Holländer Holländer Lohengrin Telramund Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Hans Sachs Hans Foltz Veit Pogner Das Rheingold Wotan Fasolt Fafner

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Die Walküre Wotan Siegfried Wanderer Fafner Kurwenal Parsifal Amfortas Klingsor Weber Der Freischütz Kuno Zemlinsky Der König Kandaules Philebos/Koch

Media

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Portrait Photo: Eric Melear

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Samson et Dalila - Washington National Opera

Photo: Scott Suchman

Meistersinger/ Hans Sachs - Komische Oper Berlin

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Meistersinger/ Hans Sachs - Komische Oper Berlin

Photo: Monika Rittershaus

Lear/Lear - Komische Oper Berlin

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Lear/Lear - Komische Oper Berlin

Photo: Wolf Silveri

Video The Flying Dutchman/ Dutchman Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona

The Queen of Spades/ Tomsky Houston Grand Opera

Press

BSamson et Dalila / Washington National Opera / 02.03.20 / dctheatrescene.com l"with a dark vocal richness and impressive stage presence, he makes his mark in the work"

BSamson et Dalila / Washington National Opera / 02.03.20 / washingtonclassicalreview.com l"displayed the best French pronounciation as well as a glossy, polished tone"

BParsifal / Teatro Massimo di Palermo / 29.01.20 / nmz.de l"Tómasson gibt einen klanggewaltigen Amfortas, der Todessehnsucht und einstige Machtfülle in seinem fülligen Tiefton vereint"

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BSiegfried / Grand Théâtre de Genève / 20.03.19 / klassik-begeistert.de l"der mit seiner mächtigen Stimme schon als Wotan für sich einnahm"

BDas Rheingold / Grand Théâtre de Genève / 14.02.19 / olyrix.com l"sa voix emplit totalement le rôle"

BDas Rheingold / Grand Théâtre de Genève / 12.02.19 / opera-online.com l"avec une voix très assurée et d'une mâle beauté"

BDas Rheingold / Grand Théâtre de Genève / 12.02.19 / forumopera.com l"un Wotan tour à tour veule et impérieux, vocalement très convaincant"

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