Emanuel Tomljenović

INTRODUCTION

Emanuel Tomljenović is a lyric tenor of exceptional talent with a rich, natural voice of true quality, excellent technique, and a mature personal musical instinct.

After the successful seasons in the opera studio of the Cologne Opera (2023/24) and the young ensemble of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (2024/25), the young tenor joins the ensemble of the Ballet Vlaanderen opera in Antwerp and Ghent in 2025/26.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

For the 2025/26 season, Emanuel is part of the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s soloist ensemble, appearing in a range of productions across the season. He performs as Arturo Bucklaw/Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni, Abdallo/Nabucco, Le Remendado/Carmen, and Third Squire/Parsifal.

His most recent and upcoming engagements also include Nemorino/L’Elisir d’Amore at the Bregenz Festival (youth production), 4th Jew/Salome at Teatro Regio di Torino, and Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Oslo Cathedral Choir.

In the 2024/25 season, Emanuel was an ensemble member at Grand Théâtre de Genève, performing in the roles of Der junge Seemann and Ein Hirte/Tristan und Isolde, 4. Jude/Salome, Kuzka/Chowanschtschina, and Gastone/La Traviata. He also made a house debut as Tamino/Die Zauberflöte at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and took on the role of Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni at Opera Rogaland. On the concert stage, Emanuel’s engagements included Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, and Mozart’s Requiem w. the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Kristiansand and Stavanger, Norway.

In the 2023/24 season, as a member of the opera studio at the Cologne Opera, Emanuel Tomljenović performed in the roles of Stadtmusikanten and Hund in Şendil’s Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, Romeo and Tybald in Blacher/Prokofiev’s Romeo und Julia, Robert der Teufel in Iván Eröd’s Pünktchen und Anton, and Sprecher in Ondřej Adámek’s opera Ines.

In that same season, Emanuel performed as a soloist with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Additionally, he appeared as Tempo in Händel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Göttingen International Händel Festival.

BIOGRAPHY

In recent years, the young tenor has made a name for himself in both concert and opera performances across various European stages. He appeared in operas such as Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio), and Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Tebaldo), Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Nemorino), and Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Don Ramiro), among others.

​His usual concert repertoire includes the following: Bach’s St Matthew Passion (evangelist and arias), St John Passion (evangelist and arias), Magnificat, b-minor Mass, Christmas Oratorio (evangelist and arias), and St Mark Passion (arias), Mozart’s c-minor Mass, Requiem and Coronation Mass, Mendelssohn’s Elias, Haydn’s The Creation, Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio and numerous other works.

Emanuel Tomljenović has had the opportunity to collaborate with numerous philharmonic, symphony, and chamber orchestras across Europe. In 2024, he performed at the prestigious Göttingen International Handel Festival in the role of Tempo in Händel’s oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. This performance was highlighted as one of the ten best performances of 2024 according to the reputable magazine OperaWire.

It is also noteworthy that Emanuel earned a degree in Chemical Engineering in Zagreb in 2021.