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 Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev to Zemlinsky and Glass.

He made his role debut in the Heldenbariton repertoire as Tomsky/The Queen of Spades at Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, followed by the title roles of Der fliegende Holländer (also at Théâtre de la Monnaie) and Wozzeck at Opéra National de Lorraine Nancy.

Over the course of his career, Tómasson performed at renowned houses such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Dresden Semperoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Komische Oper 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, San Francisco Opera and Washington National Opera.

He collaborated with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Antonio Pappano, Andris Nelsons, Simone Young, René Jacobs, Stefan Soltesz, Hartmut Haenchen, Mark Elder, Carlo Rizzi, James Conlon, Juraj Valčuha, Ingo Metzmacher, Jakub Hrůša, Lorin Maazel and Semyon Bychkov.

Highlights of the past include Klingsor/Parsifal at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and at the Lyric Opera Chicago, Jochanaan/Salome, Kunrad/Feuersnot and Holländer/Der fliegende Holländer at the Dresden Semperoper, Wotan/Das Rheingold/Walküre at Ópera de Oviedo, Wanderer/Siegfried at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Tomsky/The Queen of Spades at the Vienna State Opera and at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Hans Sachs/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Komische Oper Berlin, the title role in Reimann‘s King Lear at Komische Oper Berlin, Opera Frankfurt and the Hungarian State Opera Budapest, Telramund/Lohengrin at Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, Dino in the world premiere of Beat Furrer‘s La Bianca Notte at the State Opera Hamburg, 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.

The most recents highlights on the opera stage were Holländer/Der fliegende Holländer and Wotan/Die Walküre in Bari, Wotan//Wanderer in Wagner‘s Ring at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Wotan/Die Walküre and Tomsky/The Queen of Spades at Teatro di San Carlo Naples, Amfortas and Klingsor/Parsifal at the Hungarian State Opera Budapest, Amfortas/Parsifal in Palermo, Herrscher/Das Wunder der Heliane in Antwerp and Gent, Dr. Kolenaty in Janáček‘s The Makropulos Affair at Opera Zurich (staging: Dmitri Tcherniakov), Samson et Dalila at the Washington National Opera, the world premiere of Péter Eötvös’ new opera „Sleepless“/Man in Black at Staatsoper Unter den Linden with revivals in Geneva and Budapest, Orest/Elektra at Paris’ Opéra Bastille (Robert Carsen/Semyon Bychkov) and at the Irish National Opera in Dublin, where he also celebrated his role debut as Scarpia/Tosca. 

On the concert stage he sang Verdi’s Requiem, J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s The Creation, Beethoven’s Symphony No 9, as well as Mahler’s Symphony No 8.

Projects of the season 2022/23 include Tómasson’s return to Geneva in Janáček’s Katia Kabanova/Dikoy, Jochanaan/Salome in Tokyo under Jonathan Nott, the revival of Eötvös’ Sleepless at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, as well as his return to the Bavarian State Opera Munich where he will take on the title role in Reimann’s Lear as well as the role of Napoleon Bonaparte in Prokofiev’s War and Peace.

On the concert stage he can be heard in Beethoven’s Symphony no 9 in Turin under the baton of Fabio Luisi.

Management

General Management

Artist Manager
 
 
 
 
Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
ingunn@orlob.net 
Mobil: +49-173-2 067 821

Repertoire

Repertoire 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
  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
 

Repertoire Opera

Balada Faust-bal Mefistófeles
Beethoven Fidelio Don Pizarro
Bellini Norma Oroveso
  La sonnambula Conte Rodolfo
Berg Wozzeck Wozzeck
Berlioz Les Troyens Panthée
Bizet Carmen Escamillo
Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Snug
  Peter Grimes Hobson
Donizetti L'elisir d'Amore Dulcamara
  Lucia di Lammermoor Raimondo
Eötvös Sleepless (UA) Man in black
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
  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
  Arabella Graf Waldner
  Ariadne auf Naxos Truffaldino
Tchaikovsky Mazeppa Mazeppa
  Queen of Spades Tomsky
  Eugene Onegin Gremin
Verdi Rigoletto Rigoletto
    Sparafucile
  Don Carlos Filippo II
    Grand Inquisitore
    Frate
  La traviata Giorgio Germont
  Il trovatore 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
  Die Walküre Wotan
  Siegfried Wanderer
    Fafner
  Tristan und Isolde Kurwenal
  Parsifal Amfortas
    Klingsor
Weber Der Freischütz Kuno
Zemlinsky Der König Kandaules Philebos/Koch

News

Munich: First King, then Emperor
When Tómas Tómasson returns to the Bavarian State Opera at the beginning of the year, it will first be as King, then as a French emperor.
On three evenings he will embody King Lear in the opera of the same name by Aribert Reimann: 30.1., 2.2. and 5.2.2023. The staging by Christoph Marthaler is conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
 
Subsequently, Tómasson will then slip into the role of Napoleon Bonaparte in Prokofiev’s “War and Peace”. The premiere of the new staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov takes place on March 5th with further performances on 9./12./15./18.3.2023, all under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski.

Press

 

War & Peace / Bayerische Staatsoper München /
08.03.23 / seenandheard-international.com


"Tómas Tómasson was a stunning Napoleon, vocally and theatrically."

Tosca / Irish National Opera /
13.07.22 / theartsreview.com


"bass-baritone Tómas Tómasson's superb Scarpia steals the show" 

Tosca / Irish National Opera /
12.07.22 / nomoreworkhorse.com


"Tómas Tómasson was excellent as the wicked Scarpia, exuding a suitable chilling persona" 

Samson et Dalila / Washington National Opera /
02.03.20 / dctheatrescene.com


"with a dark vocal richness and impressive stage presence, he makes his mark in the work" 

Samson et Dalila / Washington National Opera /
02.03.20 / washingtonclassicalreview.com


"displayed the best French pronounciation as well as a glossy, polished tone" 

Siegfried / Grand Théâtre de Genève /
20.03.19 / klassik-begeistert.de


"der mit seiner mächtigen Stimme schon als Wotan für sich einnahm" 

Die Walküre / Grand Théâtre de Genève /
16.03.19 / klassik-begeistert.de


"Was Lang und Tómasson hier aufbieten, wenn sie um ihre Positionen ringen[...] ist großes, packendes Theater" 

Das Rheingold / Grand Théâtre de Genève /
14.02.19 / olyrix.com


"sa voix emplit totalement le rôle" 

Das Rheingold / Grand Théâtre de Genève /
12.02.19 / opera-online.com


"avec une voix très assurée et d'une mâle beauté" 

Das Rheingold / Grand Théâtre de Genève /
12.02.19 / forumopera.com


"un Wotan tour à tour veule et impérieux, vocalement très convaincant" 
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