Photographer: Kirsten Nijhof
TIMOTHY FALLON
Hailed by the New York Times as possessing an "elegant sense of phrasing and luminous tone with his sure-handed control of timbre, from velvety pianissimos to bright confident high notes." Mr. Fallon devotes time to both operatic and concert repertoire. He is currently an ensemble member of the Vienna Volksoper. Roles here have included Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Pluto in Hoffenbach’s Orpheus in der Unterwelt, Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Prunier in Puccini’s La Rondine, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte as well as two world premieres Friedrich Quant in Moritz Eggerts Die Letzte Verschwörung and Franz Werfel in Ella Milch-Sheriff’s Alma. In May 2025 he will sing the roles of Basilio and Don Curzio in Lotte De Beer’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart.
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Mr. Fallon has also recorded two acclaimed solo albums on the BIS Records label with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz. These are Liszt: 15 Songs and Crepuscolo Songs by Ottorino Respighi.
Other recent work includes the world premiere of Richard Danielpour’s Passion of Yeshua at the Oregon Bach Festival, UCLA and Buffalo Philharmonic and won him a Grammy award. He also sang the role of the Steersman in Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman with the Malmö Opera, Sweden. He is the 2013 first prize winner of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition in London, England. Other highlights include making his London recital debut at Wigmore Hall as well as making his Dutch National Opera debut in Moritz Egger’s Caliban, a world premiere in the Opera Forward Festival in Amsterdam. Recent concert work has included performances of B minor Mass in Helsinki, Finland as well as collaborating with the Israeli Schubertiade giving recitals throughout Israel. Recent Opera performances were Ferrando in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte at the Grachten Festival in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He also collaborated with the Munich based ensemble, I Virtuosi ambulanti in Wertheriade, a salon opera devised for him of seldom performed pieces from the bel canto era. Performances of Wertheriade were presented at the Baroque Theatre of Hanau Wilhelmsbad, Schlosskirche Bad Homburg for der Hohe, Schloss Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, Austria and in Madrid, Spain at the Auditorio Nacional. From 2007-2013 he was the house lyric tenor of the Oper Leipzig in Germany. There, his noted roles included Narciso in Rossini's Il turco in Italia, Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Der Sänger in Schoenberg's Von heute auf morgen. Other performances Belfiore in Mozart's La finta giardiniera and Tonio in La fille du regiment. In the summer of 2013 he performed Baroncelli in Wagner’s Rienzi under Christian Thielemann for the Bayreuther Festspiele. Recent concert appearances include a Liederabend at the Rudolphe Kempe Society in Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom a Carmina Burana with the Dortmund Philharmoniker in Dortmund, Germany. Marilyne Horne, esteemed American mezzo-soprano is a mentor of his and he has sung in recitals at Carnegie Hall for the Marilyn Horne Song Celebration. Other concerts have included St. Matthew Passion of J.S. Bach with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen, Denmark as well as the world premieres of Sven David Sandström’s St. Matthew Passion and Messiah at the Berlin Philharmonic with consecutive concerts in Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden. He has also collaborated with the 900 year old Thomanerchor of Leipzig on tour in Hong Kong and at the St. Thomas Church of Leipzig. He has performed internationally in some of the world’s esteemed concert halls with such conductors as Helmut Rilling, Herbert Blomstedt, Marin Alsop and Masaaki Suzuki. Mr. Fallon was born in Binghamton, New York. He holds a B.A. in Music from Westminster Choir College, a M.M. in Opera from Binghamton University and an Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School.