Awards & Winners

John Tomlinson

Date of Birth 22-September-1946
Place of Birth Oswaldtwistle
(United Kingdom)
Nationality England
Also know as Sir John Rowland Tomlinson, John Rowland Tomlinson
Profession Singer, Actor
Sir John Rowland Tomlinson, CBE is an English bass. He was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England, UK. Tomlinson studied with Patrick McGuigan at the Royal Northern College of Music and with Otakar Kraus. He sings regularly with the Royal Opera and English National Opera, and has appeared with all the major British opera companies. He has sung at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany every year from 1988 to 2006, as Wotan, the Wanderer, King Marke, Titurel, Gurnemanz, Hagen and the Dutchman. In 2008, he created the title role in Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur at the Royal Opera House. Tomlinson was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1997 for his services to music and was knighted in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Awards by John Tomlinson

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Tomlinson.

2007


Society of London Theatre Special Award

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera Götterdämmerung

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera Billy Budd","Siegfried
Awarded for perfomances

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera Das Rheingold","Die Walküre
For his performances in The Royal Opera's Das Rheingold and Die Walkure at the Royal Opera House

1993


Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Honored for : Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
(Artists, Conductor, Producer)

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana