Den Kongelige Opera
Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Deutsche Oper Berlin
German baritone Thomas Johannes Mayer first studied history, German language and literature, music education and philosophy, before beginning his vocal training at the College of Music in Cologne with Liselotte Hammes and Kurt Moll.
Following on from initial engagements in Regensburg and Darmstadt, Thomas J. Mayer enjoyed acclaim at the municipal theatre in Basel in the title role of Mozart’s opera DON GIOVANNI and as Achilles in Othmar Schoeck’s PENTHESILEA (director: Hans Neuenfels). Thomas J. Mayer was also greatly praised when he played Wotan/Wanderer in Wagner’s THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe and the title role in Hindemith’s MATHIS DER MALER. In the 2008/09 season he moved to the Hamburgischen Staatsoper, where he played a number of roles including the four villains (LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN), Mandryka (ARABELLA), Kaspar (DER FREISCHÜTZ), Jochanaan (SALOME), Wotan (DIE WALKÜRE), Rigoletto and Scarpia (TOSCA).
Thomas J. Mayer has been a freelance artist since 2010.
His international career began in the 2007/08 season, playing the title role in Berg’s WOZZECK (directed by Jürgen Flimm) at La Scala in Milan, where he was susequently engaged as Posa for the new production of DON CARLOS in December 2008/09.
Since then, Thomas Johannes Mayer has guested at many opera houses including De Nederlands Opera in Amsterdam, the Theater Basel, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Royal Opera House Covent Gaden, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Komische Oper in Berlin, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf, the Aalto Theater Essen, the Hamburgischen Staatsoper, the opera houses in Cologne and Leipzig, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Bayerischen Staatsoper in Munich, the Opéra National de Paris, the New National Theatre Tokyo, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Theater an der Wien, the Opernhaus in Zurich and at the Bregenz Music Festival, the Herodus Atticus festival in Athens, the Bayreuth Festival (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018), the Salzburg Festival (2010 and 2011), the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Odense Symfoniorkester.
His repertoire encompasses both the great Strauss and Wagner roles such as Barak (DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN), Jochanaan (SALOME), Mandryka (ARABELLA), Amfortas (PARSIFAL), Telramund (LOHENGRIN), Wotan/Wanderer (THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG), Dutchman (THE FLYING DUTCHMAN) as well as roles such as Moses in Schoenberg’s MOSES AND AARON, Thoas in Gluck’s opera IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS and Mizguir in Rimsky-Korsakov’s THE SNOW MAIDEN.
Recent engagements include as Graf Andrae Vitelozzo Tamare in Franz Schreker´s DIE GEZEICHNETEN at the Opernhaus in Zurich, Telramund in Wagner´s LOHENGRIN at the National Theatre in Prag and at the Bayreuth Festival, Wassermann in Dvorák´s RUSALKA at the Opéra national de Paris, the title role in Manfred Trojahn´s OREST, Don Pizarro (FIDELIO) and Amfortas (PARSIFAL) Pizarro in a new production of LEONORE at the Wiener Staatsoper, Wotan (THE VALKYRIE) at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Mandryka (ARABELLA) and the title role in Wagner´s THE FLYING DUTCHMAN at the Oper Leipzig.
Thomas J. Mayer has worked with famous conductors like Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov, Daniele Gatti, Philippe Jordan, Vladimir Jurowski, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Sir Simon Rattle, Donald Runnicles, Ulf Schirmer, Stefan Soltesz, Christian Thielemann and Simone Young.
2020-09-01
Beethoven | FIDELIO | Don Fernando, Don Pizarro |
LEONORE (original version of “Fidelio”) | Pizarro | |
Berg | LULU | Athlet, Tierbändiger |
WOZZECK | Wozzeck | |
Bizet | CARMEN | Dancairo, Escamillo |
Braunfels | DER TRAUM EIN LEBEN | Zaza |
Britten | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Demetrius, Snug |
Cavalli | LA CALISTO | Giove |
de Falla | EL RETABLO DE MAESE PEDRO | Don Quijote |
Donizetti | L’ELISIR D’AMORE | Belcore |
VIVA LA MAMMA | Prospero | |
Dvořák | RUSALKA | Der Wassermann |
Gershwin | PORGY AND BESS | Porgy |
Gluck | IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS | Thoas |
Gounod | ROMÉO ET JULIETTE | Mercutio |
Grieg | PEER GYNT | Peer Gynt |
Händel | ACIS AND GALATEA | Polyphem |
ALCINA | Melisso | |
Hindemith | MATHIS DER MALER | Mathis |
Humperdinck | HÄNSEL UND GRETEL | Vater |
Krenek | KARL V. | Karl V., Luther, Solimann |
Leoncavallo | I PAGLIACCI | Toni |
Ligeti | LE GRAND MACABRE | Nekrotzar |
Lortzing | DER WILDSCHÜTZ | Graf von Eberbach |
ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN | Peter I. | |
Mascagni | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA | Alfio |
Mozart | BASTIEN UND BASTIENNE | Colas |
COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Guglielmo | |
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Papageno, Sprecher | |
DON GIOVANNI | Don Giovanni | |
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Graf Almaviva | |
ZAIDE | Allazim | |
Mussorgsky | BORIS GODUNOW | Schtschelkalow |
Nessler | DER TROMPETER VON SÄCKINGEN | Werner |
Nicolai | DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR | Herr Fluth |
Offenbach | LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN | Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto |
BARKOUF | Grand Mogul | |
Orff | CARMINA BURANA | Bariton |
Pfitzner | PALESTRINA | Carlo Borromeo |
Prokofjew | DIE LIEBE ZU DEN 3 ORANGEN | Tschelio |
Puccini | MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Der kaiserliche Kommissar, Sharpless |
TOSCA | Scarpia | |
Purcell | KING ARTHUR | Guillamar |
Rameau | DARDANUS | Anténor |
LES PALADINS | Orcan | |
Rimski-Korsakov | SNEGUROCKA | Mizguir |
Rossini | IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA | Fiorello |
LA CENERENTOLA | Don Magnifico | |
Schneider | ALBERT – WARUM | Hans |
Schnittke | LEBEN MIT EINEM IDIOTEN | Mann (Ich) |
Schoeck | PENTHESILEA | Achilles |
Schreker | DAS SPIELWERK UND DIE PRINZESSIN | Meister Florian |
DIE GEZEICHNETEN | Graf Andrae Vitelozza Tamare | |
Strauß | DIE FLEDERMAUS | Dr. Falke, Gabriel von Eisenstein |
DER ZIGEUNERBARON | Homonay | |
Strauss | ARABELLA | Mandryka |
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN | Barak | |
SALOME | Jochanaan, 1. + 2. Soldat | |
Stumpf-Balden | DER AUFTRAG | Diktator |
Trojahn | ENRICO | Dottore |
OREST | Orest | |
Tschaikowski | EUGEN ONEGIN | Eugen Onegin |
Ullmann | DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS | Kaiser |
Verdi | AIDA | Amonasro |
DON CARLOS | Posa | |
IL TROVATORE | Luna | |
LA TRAVIATA | Baron Douphol, Germont | |
MACBETH | Macbeth | |
OTELLO | Jago | |
RIGOLETTO | Rigoletto | |
SIMON BOCCANEGRA | Paolo Albiani | |
Wagner | DAS RHEINGOLD | Wotan |
DIE WALKÜRE | Wotan | |
SIEGFRIED | Wanderer | |
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER | Holländer | |
LOHENGRIN | Friedrich von Telramund | |
PARSIFAL | Amfortas | |
TANNHÄUSER | Wolfram | |
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Kurwenal, Steuermann, Melot | |
Weber | DER FREISCHÜTZ | Kaspar, Ottokar |
Weill | AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY | Bill |
DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER | Macheath |