Tyler
Zimmerman

Tyler Zimmerman
(He/Him) Tyler Zimmerman is a young American Bass Baritone currently based out of Berlin, Germany. He studied at the Juilliard School and Curtis Institute and has been a young artist at Pittsburgh Opera and Santa Fe Opera. For the last two seasons, he was a Stipendiat at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and is now pursuing his career throughout Europe. This season he will debut at the Teatro Real Madrid and return to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for productions of Elektra and Arabella. 
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Tyler Zimmerman

Tyler Zimmerman comes from outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his music education started at a young age at the Settlement Music School. He began studying voice and opera with Lorraine Nubar along with coaching with Dalton Baldwin in the Juilliard School Pre-College Division and then continued his studies at the Juilliard School with Marlena Kleinman Malas for his Bachelor's degree and the beginning of his Master’s studies.. He completed his Master’s at the Curtis Institute of Music under the continued tutelage of Marlena Kleinman Malas as well as Mikael Eliasen in 2018. 

 

During his education, Tyler made his debut as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, La Roche in Capriccio, Edward Teller in Doctor Atomic, and Sam in A Quiet Place with Opera Philadelphia in co-production with the Curtis Institute of Music. He spent many summers during this time at the Chautauqua Institution where he debuted such roles as Escamillo in Carmen and Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, took part in recitals with Craig Rutenberg, Ricky Ian Gordon, and Milos Repicky, and sang his first Messiah with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. He also made his debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in performances of Tosca and Salome led by Leonard Slatkin and sang his first Beethoven 9 Symphony with the Albany Symphony Orchestra.

 

After completing his studies, Tyler was a Resident Artist at the Pittsburgh Opera where he was seen most notably as Colline in La bohème and Masetto in Don Giovanni. He has also been an Apprentice with the Santa Fe Opera where he took part in the world premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs and appeared on the Grammy winning recording of the piece as a featured soloist. In Santa Fe, Tyler was also fortunate to work regularly with David Alden, covering Melisso in his acclaimed production of Alcina, as well as R.B. Schlather, covering Don Alfonso in his noted production of Cosi fan tutte, both under the baton of Sir Harry Bicket. 

 

In 2020, Tyler was awarded a scholarship by the Opera Foundation to join the Deutsche Oper Berlin as a Stipendiat and worked there for the next two seasons appearing in more than 70 performances of various roles including Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream led by Markus Stenz and Samuel in Un ballo in maschera. He also took part in the Ring Award held in Graz, Austria in June 2021, where he interpreted the roles of Don Giovanni, Leporello, and Commendatore in the winning production created by Annika Rutkovsky, Johanna Danhauser, and Eleni Konstantatou. During this time, Tyler also made his debut at the Staatsoper Berlin as the Pfleger des Orest in Elektra.


In the 22/23 season, Tyler made his debut as Il Sacerdote in Nabucco at the Staatsoper Hamburg , will debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid in Christof Loy’s acclaimed production of Arabella and will return to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the same role in a new production by Tobias Kratzer under the baton of Sir Donald Runnicles along with returning to the role of Der Pfleger des Orest in Elektra.

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