Conny Thimander is a tenor from Sweden, specialized in creating eccentric characters on stage. He received his Master of Arts degree from the Opera Academy in Stockholm and has been awarded with second prize in the competition Gösta Winbergh Award and received the Swedish Wagner Society Bayreuth Scholarship.
The season 2024/2025 has featured Mr Thimander as First Jew in Salome at the Finnish National Opera, Julian in Snösystern at Malmö Opera, and Narraboth in Salome at Malmö Opera.
His unusual scenic presence has lent itself to characters such as Flute in in Peter Hall’s legendary take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Malmö Opera (2021), Police Inspector, the extreme role in Shostakovich’s The Nose at Royal Danish Opera (2022), Orfeo in a concert version of Orfeo, Christian Lollike’s last show as director of Sort/Hvid (2023), Pong in Turandot at Malmö Opera (2024) and the Royal Swedish Opera (2013), Mercury in Orpheus in the Underworld at Malmö Opera (2020), Phillip von Hessen in the Luther opera Schlagt sie tot! at Malmö Opera (2019), The Holy Fool in Boris Godunov, directed by Peter Konwitschny at Gothenburg Opera (2018), Tanzmeister and Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos at Gothenburg Opera (2018), Remendado in Carmen at Malmö Opera (2018) and the Royal Swedish Opera (2012), Sandon in Aniara at Malmö Opera (2017), Trotteltroll in Die Schneekönigin at Deutsche Oper am Rhein (2016), Niko and Hüseyin in Gegen die Wand at Deutsche Oper am Rhein (2014), Mond in Vom Mädchen, dass nicht schlafen wollte at Deutsche Oper am Rhein (2014) and then later again at Theater Bonn (2016), Demo, the stuttering hunchback in Il Giasone at Drottningholm Palace Theatre (2012).
The lyrical quality of his voice and his exquisite musicality has shaped roles such as Tamino in the Magic Flute at the Royal Swedish Opera (2013–2014) and Piccolo Regio (2010), Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Jyske Opera (2015), Lindoro in a youth adaptation of L'italiana in Algeri at Baden-Baden Festspielhaus (2017), André in Rufus Wainwright's opera Prima Donna at the Royal Swedish Opera (2021), Ramiro in La Cenerentola at Folkoperan (2024) and at Opera Hedeland (2024).
On the concert stages he has performed most of the major oratorios, where the role of the Evangelist in Bach's Passions has become one of his specialties. He has performed in the Berliner Philharmonie, Royal Albert Hall, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, together with Staatskapelle Berlin, Swedish Radio Choir & Orchestra, Orchestra and Choir of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Phil, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, and the Copenhagen Boys Choir.
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