Opera
Alfio
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
North Wales Opera Company
2019
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Berlin Opera Academy
2019
Don Pizarro
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Opra Cymru
2019
Malatesta
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
GSMD
2019
Marcello
La Boheme (Puccini)
GSMD
2019
Dr Caius
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai)
GSMD
2019
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
GSMD
2019
Alfio
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
North Wales Opera Company
2018
Mephistopheles
Faust et Hélène (Boulanger)
North Wales Opera Studio
2018
Mephistopheles
Faust (Gounod)
North Wales Opera Studio
2018
Guglielmo
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
Love Opera
2017
Bartolo
Le Nozze de Figaro (Mozart)
Bristol University Opera Society
2015
Bartolo
Le Nozze de Figaro (Mozart)
Opera Presto
2014
Second Armed Man
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Bristol University Opera Society
2014
Music Director
L'enfant et les sortileges (Ravel)
Bristol University Opera Society
2014
Jaffett
Noye's Fludde (Britten)
Llangollen International Festival
2011
Operetta/G&S
Strephon
Iolanthe (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Opera Presto
2017
Luiz
The Gondoliers (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Bristol University Opera Society
2016
Early Music
Bass & Baritone solo
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; BWV 140 (Bach)
Bristol University Singers
2016
Bass & Baritone solo
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen; BWV 56 (Bach)
Bristol University Baroque Ensemble
2015
Chorus
Chorus
Candide (Bernstein)
Bristol University Opera Society
2017
Chorus
Mass (Bernstein)
National Chorus of Wales, Proms
2012
Chorus
Gair ar Gnawd (Pwyll ap Sion)
Welsh National Opera
2012
Oratorio/Concerts
Baritone
Requiem (Duruflé)
Sloane Square Choral Society
2019
Baritone
Messiah (Handel)
Felici Opera
2019
Baritone
Requiem (Brahms)
Bristol University Choral Society
2019
Bass & Baritone solo
Edgar (Puccini)
Veneto Operaestate Festival
2017
Bass & Baritone solo
Requiem (Mozart)
St George's, Bristol
2017
Bass & Baritone solo
Mass in F minor (Bruckner)
Redland Green Choir
2015
Bass / Baritone soloist
Requiem (Faure)
St George's, Bristol
2015
Polyphemus
Acis and Galatea (Handel)
All Saint's Church, Bristol
2014
Bass / Baritone soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
St George's, Bristol
2014
Bass & Baritone solo
Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Pontio, Bangor
2014
Bass & Baritone solo
Armed Man; Mass for Peace (Karl Jenkins)
St Asaph Cathedral
2010
Choral
Bass
Mass (Bernstein)
National Youth Choir of Wales
2012
Bass
Mass in C (Beethoven)
National Youth Choir of Wales
2011
Bass
Jesu, Meine Freude (Bach)
National Youth Choir of Wales
2010
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Enjoying 'La Vendetta' opposite Lisa Williams in 'Le Nozze de Figaro'
Entertaining at the Bristol Teaching Awards
The desperate Luiz not wanting to leave his love (with Lily Dyble)
With Sam Leggett as Ferrando in Love Opera's Cosi fan tutti
Keith Griffin Award for Best Chorister (2012)
North Wales Musician of the Year (2012)
365bristol.com/review/bristol-university-music/219/ (2015)
Master of Performance (Distinction)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2018–2021
Music and German (BA)
University of Bristol
2013–2017
Welsh-German baritone Thomas Nießer was educated at the University of Bristol and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied under Professor Janice Chapman. As part of his undergraduate degree, he spent a year in Heidelberg where he studied under Ashley Prewitt at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.
Recent opera roles include Dr Falke Die Fledermaus (Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen), Don Giovanni Don Giovanni (Berlin Opera Academy), Guglielmo Così fan tutte (Love Opera) and Alfio Cavalleria Rusticana (North Wales Opera). He is also in demand on the concert stage, his oratorio roles including Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Bach Weihnachtsoratorium, Handel Messiah and the Requiems of Mozart, Brahms, Duruflé and Fauré. A proud Welsh speaker, Thomas has a passion for Welsh song and enjoys bringing this lesser-known repertoire to a wider audience.
