Thomas Johannes Mayer

Began his musical education on the piano and the flute when he was 8 years old. After studying history, German literature, philosophy and music pedagogy, he successfully completed his vocal training at the College of Music in Cologne with Liselotte Hammes and Kurt Moll.  

His international career took off  in the 2007/08 season when he performed the title role in Berg's Wozzeck (directed by Jürgen Flimm) at La Scala in Milan, which subsequently engaged him as Posa in Don Carlo.  

Since then, he made guest appearances at many opera houses, including De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, the Theater in Basel, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, the Komische Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, the Aalto Theater in Essen, the Staatsoper in Hamburg, the opera houses in Cologne and Leipzig, La Scala in Milano, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Opéra National de Paris, the New National Theatre Tokyo, the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and the Zurich Opera House. He also performed at the Bregenz Music Festival, the Herodus Atticus Festival in Athens, the Bayreuth Festival and the Salzburg Festival.  

Highlights among his past performances include the roles of Wotan/Wanderer at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich (musical director: Kent Nagano), Wotan at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin (musical director: Daniel Barenboim), Wotan at the Deusche Oper, Berlin (musical director: Sir Simon Rattle), Amfortas (musical director: Donald Runnicles) and Wotan/Wanderer at the Opéra National de Paris (musical director: Philippe Jordan), Wotan (musical director: Zubin Metha) at the Palau de les Arts Reine Sofia in Valencia, Iago in Otello at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wotan/Wanderer at De Nederlandse Opera, Jochanaan at the Staatsoper Hamburg, Barak in Die Frau Ohne Schatten in a new production at the Leipzig Opera House (musical director: Ulf Schirmer) and Telramund at the 2014 Bayreuth Festival.  

Several opera houses have already engaged him for future performances, including for the roles of Vautrin in Trompe la mort and Mizgir in Snegurochka at the Opera Bastille Paris, Der Wanderer in Siegfried in Bayreuth, Mandryka in Arabella at the Oper Leipzig and at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Jochanaan in Salome and Tamare in Die Gezeichneten at the Zurich Opera, as well as the title role in Falstaff at the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Jochanaan in Salome at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Telramund in Lohengrin at the Marseille Opera and at the Royal Opera House, London.

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