Tomas Pavilionis is one of the most charismatic singers in Baltic States. He is leading tenor at the Lithuanian National Opera Theatre. He is singing roles such as Almaviva, Nemorino, Lensky, Alfredo, Ferrando, Don Ottavio, i.e. most popular lyric tenor repertoire there.
Pavilionis is a regular guest singer at the largest Lithuanian orchestras and music theatres and a frequent performer in foreign countries (USA, South Korea, China and Europe).
His recent and upcoming engagements include Candide in Candide, Marquis in The Gambler, Italian tenor in Rosenkavalier and Leopold in La Juive at the Lithuanian National Opera, Pong in Turandotat Finnish National Theatre, Ismaele in Nabucco at Kaunas State Musical Theatre and Prince in Rusalka a Klaipėda State Musical Theatre.
His repertoire also includes Alfredo (La Traviata), Tonio (La fille du régiment), Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Nemorino (L'elisir d'amore), Tebaldo (Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Monthechi), Pong (Turandot).
In 2022 he has recorded CD together with famous opera star Charles Castronovo. In 2017 and 2018 he sang Lensky (Eugene Onegin) and Gala concert in Krasnoyarsk Dmitri Hvorostovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre in Festival in memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky. In 2017 Tomas recorded Bellini’s opera I Puritani together with Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn and Azamat Zheltyrguzov. And in 2016 he recorded Verdi’s opera Rigoletto together with famous opera stars Dmitri Chvorostovsky, Nadine Sierra, Francesco Demuro, Oksana Volkova and Andrea Mastroni.
Pavilionis worked with famous stage directors, such as Cristina Muti, Robert Wilson, Emilio Sagi, Graham Vick, Vincent Boussard, Vasily Barkhatov, and with conductors, such as Sesto Quatrini, Johannes Wildner, Gianluca Marciano, Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Modestas Pitrėnas.
Pavilionis has achieved his vocal skills studying with Professor Vytautas Juozapaitis at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius (2010). He regularly participates at the classical music projects and improving his professional skills at the international master classes. Tomas has worked with famous vocal coaches, such as Paolo de Napoli, Vincenzo Manno, Mauro Augustini, Roman Sadnik, Elena Kerl.
