Tómas Tómasson

Biography

Following his studies in Reykjavik and London, Tómas Tómasson regularly guests at the most renowned houses and institutions, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Berlin State Opera, La Scala, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Real de Madrid, Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, Brussels’ Théâtre de la Monnaie, Amsterdam’s Nederlandse Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Los Angeles Opera.

His vast repertoire ranges from Monteverdi, Verdi and Puccini, Wagner and Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev to Zemlinsky and Glass, which he has performed with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Antonio Pappano, Andris Nelsons, Simone Young and René Jacobs.

Tómasson is an acclaimed interpreter and regular performer of modern music, the most recent highlights being the world premiere of Péter Eötvös’ Sleepless at Berlin State Opera with revivals in Geneva and Budapest, Penderecki’s The Black Mask in concert in Katowice, Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten in concert with the Gürzenich-Orchester in Cologne, Hamburg and Paris, and the title role in Reimann’s Lear at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera.

Other highlights on the opera stage include his Wotan in Wagner’s Ring and Dikoj/Katya Kabanova in Geneva, Wotan/Die Walküre and Tomsky/The Queen of Spades in Naples, Amfortas/Parsifal in Palermo, Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila in Washington, The Makropulos Case in Zurich and Lyon, Orest/Elektra in Paris and Dublin, where he also celebrated his role debut as Scarpia/Tosca, Napoleon in Prokofiev’s War and Peace in Munich, Pizarro/Fidelio in Berlin, Alberich in the Ring in Dallas, Beijing and Hangzhou, as well as Jochanaan/Salome in Tokyo and Dublin.

Future projects include the role of Klingsor/Parsifal in Berlin and the title role of Lear in Prague.

Updated 2/2025