Name John Tomlinson Role Bass ยท johntomlinson.org | Movies Peter Grimes | |
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Albums Messiah, Great Operatic Arias, Cosi Fan Tutte Awards Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, Society of London Theatre Special Award Similar People Siegfried Jerusalem, Waltraud Meier, Philip Langridge, Howard Crook, Della Jones | ||
John tomlinson parsifal masterclass the royal opera
Sir John Rowland Tomlinson, CBE (born 22 September 1946) is an English bass. He was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England, UK.
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- The wagner interviews sir john tomlinson
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Tomlinson trained as a construction engineer before deciding on a career in opera at age 21. He studied with Patrick McGuigan at the Royal Northern College of Music and with Otakar Kraus. Whilst studying at the RNCM, he was a member of the Manchester Universities Gilbert and Sullivan Society (MUGSS). He sings regularly with the Royal Opera and English National Opera, and has appeared with all the major British opera companies. He has sung at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany every year from 1988 to 2006, as Wotan, the Wanderer, King Marke, Titurel, Gurnemanz, Hagen and the Dutchman. In 2008, he created the title role in Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur at the Royal Opera House.
Tomlinson was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997 for his services to music and was knighted in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
In 2014 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
The wagner interviews sir john tomlinson
