Thomas Oliemans

Reisopera of The Netherlands as the Father in Hans Werner Henze’s Pollicino conducted by Aldert

Vermeulen. He returned as Minos in Händel’s Arianna in Creta and Ned Keene in Britten’s Peter Grimes

conducted by Kenneth Montgomery. Further opera appearances followed such as Heraut in Gluck’s

Alceste, Der Komthur in Schulhoff’s Die Flammen and Rudolf in Schreker’s Der Ferne Klang – all at the

Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw during the NPS opera matinee series. Douphol in Traviata with the

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and a live TV broadcast open-air concert with Vesselina Kassarova at the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam.

In 2005 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Gonsalvo Fieschi in Schreker's Die Gezeichneten

conducted by Kent Nagano. Further important debuts followed in 2006 as Papageno in Mozart´s Die

Zauberflöte with the Opera of Nantes and Angers, to great public and critical acclaim, and at the Opera

de Genève as Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte. That same year he also sang Frank Martin’s ‘Der Sturm’ in

Mulhouse.

Most recent appearances include Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Scottish Opera, Maximilan

(Candide) at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) at the Théâtre du Capitole in

Toulouse, Harlequin (Ariadne auf Naxos) at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg, Tarquinius (Rape

of Lucretia) at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp and Gent, Silvano (Un Ballo in Maschera) , the title role

in Adam in Exile (Dutch contemporary world premiere) and Le Grand Prêtre (Castor et Pollux) at the De

Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, Sonora (Fanciulla del West), Der Bootsman in Frank Martin’s Der

Sturm and Strauss’ Des Esels Schatten’, all with the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra for the

prestigious NPS opera matinee series at the Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, L’Enfance du Christ by

Berlioz with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra as well as a program of Wagner songs (Orchestrated by

Henze) with the Bochumer Symphoniker at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.