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Thomas Oliemans
12+ albums
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Born in Amsterdam in 1977, the Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory, coached by Margreet Honig. He continued his studies with KS Robert Holl, Elio Battaglia, Dieter Müller and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He made his opera debut in 2002 with the Nationale 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 T
top songs
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St John Passion, BWV 245: Part I: Recitative: Jesus ging mit seinen Jungern (Evangelist) - Wen suchet ihr? (Evangelist, Jesus) - Jesum von Nazareth! (Chorus)
682Sous le ciel de Paris
603St John Passion, BWV 245: Part I: Recitative: Auf dass das Wort erfullet wurde (Evangelist, Jesus) - Strecke dein Schwert in die Scheide! (Evangelist, Jesus)
574St John Passion, BWV 245: Part I: Recitative: Derselbige Junger war (Evangelist) - Bist du nicht dieses Menschen Junger einer? (Chorus) - Ich bin's nicht! - (Evangelist, Magd, Petrus)
475St John Passion, BWV 245: Part II: Recitative: Da fuhreten sie Jesum - Was bringet ihr - Redest du das (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus) - Ware dieser nicht ein (Chorus)
366Boum!
337La mer
338St John Passion, BWV 245: Part II: Recitative: Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm - So bist du dennoch - Was is Wahrheit? (Evangelist, Jesus, Pilatus) - Nicht diesen (Chorus)
339For me Formidable & Formidable
2910St John Passion, BWV 245: Part II: Recitative: Die Kriegsknechte aber - Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen - Auf dass erfullet wurde die Schrift (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus)
27albums
Formidable! French Chansons
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Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245
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Formidable! (French Chansons)
Schubert: Winterreise
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Schubert: Schwanengesang
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Brahms: Romanzen aus Magelone & Regenlied-Zyklus (Brahms Songbook, Vol. 1)
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The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol.3
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Schubert : Winterreise
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Giraud: Sous le ciel de Paris (Arr. Wijnand Van Klaveren)
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Trenet: Boum! (Arr. Gérard Daguerre)
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Faure & Poulenc: Mirages Mélodies
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Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70, MWV A25 (Live)