Biography
With his expressive stage presence, Tilmann Unger is a much sought-after artist in the major roles of the German heldentenor repertoire.
"… while Tilmann Unger's Tristan exhibited a magnificent heldentenor gleaming in beauty. (…) The leading characters of Tristan and Isolde were world-class in their portrayal and vocal characterisation." Seen and Heard International, 25 May 2024
After outstanding role debuts as Tristan and Der Fremde (Korngold, Das Wunder der Heliane) in the previous season, Tilmann Unger will appear in the 2024/25 season in roles such as Florestan and the title role in Wagner's Siegfried.
Engagements have taken him, among others, to the Bayreuth Festival, to the Komische Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Hannover, Oper Leipzig, to the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Mainz, am Gärtnerplatz München, Nürnberg and Wiesbaden, to the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, to the Nederlandse Reisopera Enschede, Oper Graz, the Landestheater Innsbruck and Linz as well as to the Volksoper Wien.
Tilmann Unger impresses in the dramatic repertoire with Wagner roles such as Tristan, Siegfried ((Siegfried & Götterdämmerung), Siegmund (Walküre), Loge (Rheingold), Walther von Stolzing (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and Parsifal, but also as Der Fremde (Das Wunder der Heliane), as Tambourmajor in Wozzeck by A. Berg, as König Kandaules in Zemlinky's opera of the same name, as Max (Freischütz), Stewa and Albert Gregor in Jenůfa and Die Sache Makropulos by Janáček, as Grigori (Boris Godunov), Hans (Die verkaufte Braut), Babinsky (Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer), Jim Mahoney (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) or also as Tassilo (Gräfin Mariza) and Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus).
"Tilmann Unger setzte als Siegfried Maßstäbe. Sein baritonal gefärbter Heldentenor ist (…) von strahlender Höhe, immenser Ausdruckskraft, phänomenalem Durchhaltevermögen, Vehemenz und heldischem Metall geprägt. (…) Einer der gestaltungsstärksten Rollenvertreter, die man heute erlebt." IOCO, 7 June 2023
He has worked with conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Pablo Heras-Casado, Patrick Lange, Sir Roger Norrington, Ainārs Rubiķis, Jac van Steen and Nathalie Stutzmann as well as with stage directors such as Calixto Bieto, Andreas Homoki, Peter Konwitschny, Josef Köpplinger and Jakob Peters-Messer, to name but a few.
Tilmann Unger has given concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Philharmonie am Gasteig München, at the Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg and the Wiener Konzerthaus, as well as in Canada, the USA and in Asia.
His concert repertoire includes works such as Beethoven's Missa solemnis and Symphony No. 9, Bruch's oratorio Moses or Bruckner's Te Deum as well as Das klagende Lied and Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler.
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