John Tomlinson's advice on singing opera (The Royal Opera)

[@RoyalBalletAndOpera]

Operatic bass John Tomlinson speaks to Suzy Klein about what makes his voice special, how he prepares for a role and looks back over his career to date.

[@mattbarker8459]

Nice to hear he still has his Lancashire accent. Over the years I have seen him as Hagen, Hans Sachs and Baron Ochs. Fabulous!

[@BenEmberley]

I heard him sing live at Covent Garden twice: One as Gurnemanz in Parsifal back in 2007, and in 2014 as King Marke in Tristan & Isolde. He was fantastic on both occasions.

[@SFCAsandalmaker]

So human, so profound, so endearing....

[@cripplehawk]

First heard him in the film "Amadeus" he voiced Commomdore in the Don Giovani scene but the physical role was played by Jan Blazek.

[@j.j.schlachtfeld9325]

For some reason I hear a bit of Gambon's Albus Dumbledore in his voice

[@Wolf.88]

Sir John Tomlinson! Awesome! One of my Wagner Hero's. Thanks for posting.

[@omairagamboa7821]

Won't forget his performance of Gurnemanz back in the nineties with Poul Elming and Waltraud Meier, what a great occasion of Parsifal,..

[@SandrineAnterrion]

Nice upload thanks for insights