OLIVIER TROMMENSCHLAGER
Born into a family of musicians in Mulhouse, Olivier Trommenschlager began his musical studies with the trombone before eventually turning to singing and joining Catherine Wohlhutter's class.
His encounter and in-depth work on technique and repertoire with Thierry Dran propelled him to launch his professional career. Initially working on his voice in the baritone register, he was quickly engaged in various roles such as Brissac (Les Mousquetaires au Couvent). He then joined CNIPAL, where, on the advice of renowned singers, he tackled the tenor range.
He was subsequently engaged for supporting roles such as Messagero (Aida), Abdallo (Nabucco), Gastone (La Traviata), as well as some character roles like Goro (Madame Butterfly), Eisentein (Fledermaus), Bobêche (Bluebeard), but he opened his international career with the role of Monostatos (The Magic Flute) in Germany, where his vocal and stage performance earned him critical acclaim.
In 2015, he was invited to the Amsterdam Opera to perform the role of Lacouf (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), as well as to the Musikverein in Vienna, where he sang alongside Cristina Pasaroiu and Jaume Arragal. It was the same year that he took on his first leading tenor roles in romantic repertoire: Don José (Carmen), for which he gave the Vietnamese premiere at the Saigon Opera, and the title role in Verdi's Stiffelio, which he sang in Munich.
He has since accumulated leading roles such as Vincent (Mireille), Alfredo (La Traviata), Samson by Saint-Saëns, Pelléas by Debussy, Faust by Gounod, or Werther, while regularly reprising the role of Don José.
In 2018, he won the Grand Prix at the International Emma Calvé Competition, chaired by Michèle Command, and in the summer of 2021, he was the winner of the NYIOP anonymous competition on German opera, during which he was noted for his interpretation of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walküre.
Now regularly invited to major opera houses such as Tours, Liège, Avignon, the Markgräfliches Opernhaus in Bayreuth, and Versailles, he continues to enrich his repertoire with new roles. Among his major upcoming projects are Ismaele in Verdi's Nabucco and the title role in Parsifal.