Thomas Oliemans
The career of baritone Thomas Oliemans has an international reach as an opera singer, song recitalist, and singer of concert music, and he has worked with many of the top conductors of both opera and choral music. He has an unusually large repertoire stretching from Bach to music of the present day.
Oliemans was born in Amsterdam in 1977. He attended the Amsterdam Conservatory, where his main instructor was Margreet Honig. Oliemans went on for further studies with Robert Holl, Dieter Müller, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, among others. He made his debut in 2002 with the Nationale Reisopera of The Netherlands in Hans Werner Henze's Pollicino, and he was soon invited to take several more roles with the company, including in Handel's Arianna in Creta and Britten's Peter Grimes. Other operatic appearances followed around the Netherlands, including at the NPS opera matinee series at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, in Verdi's La Traviata with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, and on a live television broadcast at Amsterdam's Grachtenfestival. He made his recording debut with Schubert's Winterreise, D. 911, released on the Fineline label.
In the 2010s, Oliemans built an international career both live -- in opera, concert music, and song -- and on recordings. He has recorded for MDG, Challenge Classics, and Channel Classics, among other labels. In addition to regular appearances at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Oliemans has appeared twice at Covent Garden in London, twice at the Teatro Real Madrid, and at the English National Opera in a pair of Mozart works. He is a regular guest at festivals and has appeared with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, among many other groups. Oliemans' concert repertoire is substantial, extending from the Bach Passions to Richard Danielpour's Elegie. In song recitals, his accompanists include such prestigious figures as Malcolm Martineau, Roger Vignoles, and Graham Johnson. In 2021, Oliemans continued to demonstrate his versatility with Formidable!, an album of French chansons on Channel Classics.
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70, MWV A25 (Live)
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on 18 Mar 2016
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Formidable! French Chansons
Thomas Oliemans, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 29 Oct 2021
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911
Thomas Oliemans, Paolo Giacometti
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 15 Nov 2019
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (Live) (Live at Théâtre de l'Athénée)
Malcolm Martineau, Thomas Oliemans
Classical - Released by B Records on 13 Mar 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Romanzen aus Magelone & Regenlied-Zyklus (Brahms Songbook, Vol. 1)
Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau
Classical - Released by Linn Records on 25 Aug 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann: Dichterliebe Op. 48, 6 Gesänge Op. 89 & 6 Lieder und Requiem Op. 90 - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Thomas Oliemans, Paolo Giacometti
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 5 Feb 2016
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphony No. 14
Gal James, Gordan Nikolic, Thomas Oliemans
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 17 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I Will Come Back: The Cosmic Garden
Vlaams Radiokoor, Héloise Mas, Thomas Oliemans
Classical - Released by Antarctica Records on 9 Jun 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Raff: Sanges-Frühling, Op. 98 & Maria Stuart, Op. 172
Thomas Oliemans, Barbara Kozelj, Noemi Nadelmann, Jan Schultsz
Classical - Released by Divox on 18 Nov 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Martin: Monologues
Thomas Oliemans, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Steven Sloane
Classical - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on 1 Mar 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo