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 the 2022/2023 season, Tyler continued to base himself out of Berlin and freelanced throughout Europe, making his debut at the Staatsoper Hamburg as the Sacerdote in Nabucco, as well as the Teatro Real in Madrid in Christof Loy’s production of Arabella as Lamoral. He also returned to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for the premier of Tobias Kratzer’s production of the same opera in the same role and performances of Angelotti in Tosca and der Pfleger des Orest in Elektra. 

In the 2023/2024 season appeared with the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the Edinburgh International Festival as Reinmar von Zweter in Tannhäuser. In the latter half of the season, he joined the ensemble of the Teatro Regio Torino where he was seen as Pa Moss in The Tender Land as well as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi. 

Tyler begins the 2024/2025 season at the Teatro Regio Torino, where he will be seen Auber’s Manon, cover Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, and debut the role of Il pilota in Il piccolo principe.