One of America’s most accomplished and acclaimed tenors, Mark Thomsen enjoys a successful career in the United States and abroad. The Dallas Morning News describes him as having “a strong Italianate voice and a physical presence to match.” Mark has been busy making headlines at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where he stepped in at the last minute on opening night in 2005 to perform the role of Don José in Carmen, opposite Denyce Graves. Mark also recently performed with this season’s baritone, Gaétan Laperrière, in Thais at Palm Beach Opera.

Often working repetitively with major companies, Mr. Thomsen has performed to much success with New York City Opera in the title role in La clemenza di Tito, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfl y, Alfredo in La traviata, Camille in The Merry Widow, and Nadir in Les pecheurs de perles.

He is a house favorite at the Santa Fe Opera, where he has performed in more than fi fteen productions, and at Dallas Opera where he has performed the Doctor in Argento’s The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, as well as with Houston Grand Opera as Don Ottavio, Faust, Tamino, Ferrando, Belmonte, and Des Grieux. Most recent engagements include Nicias in Thais with Boston Lyric Opera, Don José in Carmen with Dallas Opera, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Opera Carolina, Rodolfo in La bohème with Indianapolis Opera, Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Cleveland Opera.

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