Freddie De Tommaso

An exclusive artist with Decca Classics and the first tenor to be signed to the label since 2007, his debut album Passione debuted at number 1 in the classical charts and won the BBC Music Magazine Award for Best Newcomer. In June 2022 his second album Il Tenore shot again straight to number 1 in the charts upon its release, whilst his rendition of Nessun Dorma, featured on the album, reached over one million streams.

The 2024/25 season kicks off with a tour of Tosca together with soprano, Lise Davidsen. They perform together at the Staatsoper unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, which is also his eagerly anticipated company debut, and the Wiener Staatsoper. Another major highlight is the role of Pollione in Bellini’s Norma which he performs in new productions at Teatro alla Scala Milan, Theater an der Wien and at the Wiener Staatsoper. De Tommaso can also be heard as Rodolfo La bohème in Hamburg; Don Jose Carmen at the Royal Ballet & Opera and Wiener Staatsoper; and Cavaradossi in Bonn. On the concert platform, his appearances include his Paris debut with a solo recital together with pianist Jonathan Papp; a concert together with Angela Gheorghiu at the Broadstage Theatre in California; a Gala concert for the Solti Academy at the Hungarian State Opera; and a concert with Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu at the Gstaad Festival.

Last season included several exciting appearances and debuts starting with a triple appearance at Gran Teatre del Liceu as Riccardo Un ballo in Maschera, Maurizio Adriana Lecouvreur and in recital with Lise Davidsen; a concert and recording with Orchestra di Teatro alla Scala and Riccardo Chailly of Inno delle Nazioni and his role debuts as Pollione Norma in Naples and as Adorno Simon Boccanegra at the Wiener Staatsoper. Other engagements included Rodolfo La bohème in Berlin and Vienna and Pinkerton Madama Butterfly in Munich. In concert and recital he sang Verdi Requiem at Teatro Regio di Parma; performed in concert with Teatro di San Carlo Naples; with the Mannheim Philharmonic alongside Sonya Yoncheva; with Lise Davidsen at the Salzburg Easter Festival as well as solo recitals in the Czech Republic, Munich and Sofia.

Recent highlights include Rodolfo La bohème and Cavaradossi at the Royal Ballet & Opera; Rodolfo La bohème at Teatro alla Scala; Cavaradossi at Santa Fe Opera for his US debut; Don José Carmen, Alfredo La traviata and Cavaradossi at Arena di Verona; Macduff Macbeth Wiener Staatsoper; Alfredo La traviata at Staatsoper Berlin and Bayerische Staatsoper; and at the Dutch National Opera with a staged production of Verdi Requiem. Concert appearances have included an open air concert Opera for All in Munich alongside Sonya Yoncheva; the New Year’s Eve Concert at Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Tosca and Verdi Requiem at the Bergen International Festival and with the Orchestre National de Lyon; recitals at the Festival Castell Peralada; the opening concert of the Kissinger Sommer Festival and Verdi Requiem Verbier Festival.

Other recent highlights include his company and role debut at Teatro alla Scala as Maurizio in David McVicar’s production of Adriana Lecouvreur; Don Jose Carmen, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, Macduff Macbeth, Ismaele Nabucco and The Italian Tenor Der Rosenkavalier, all at the Wiener Staatsoper; Tosca the Bolshoi Theatre and Royal Ballet & Opera; Madama Butterfly at Semperoper Dresden and Royal Ballet & Opera; Alfredo La Traviata at Staatsoper Berlin and Bayerische Staatsoper; Macduff Macbeth at Bayerische Staaysoper; Carmen, Tosca and La Traviata at Arena di Verona; and Riccardo Un ballo in maschera at the Verbier Festival.

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music and subsequently the Opera Studio of Bayerische Staatsoper in 2019, De Tommaso burst onto the operatic scene as Cassio in Otello at the Royal Ballet & Opera and Ismaele in Nabucco with the Dutch National Opera. He then opened the 2020-21 season of the Wiener Staatsoper as Pinkerton with a new production of Madama Butterfly, aged 27.