Tijl Faveyts

The Belgian bass Tijl Faveyts (Der König) studied at the Brussels Conservatoire and at the Universität für Musik in Vienna. From 2005 to 2012 he was a member of the Theater Sankt Gallen, where his roles included Sarastro Die Zamberflöte, Doktor Wozzeck, Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor and Prince Gremin Yevgeny Onyegin. He has been appointed as a soloist of the Aalto-Theater in Essen as of the 2013-2014 season. He has also sung Don Alfonso Così fan tutte, Simone Gianni Schicchi, Zuniga Carmen, the title role in Don Pasquale, Eremit Der Freischütz, Masetto/ Il Commendatore Don Giovanni, and Collatinus The Rape of Lucretia. He has been a guest at the Flemish Opera, the Wiener Festwochen, the festival of Aix-en-Provence, La Monnaie Brussels, the Stuttgart Staatstheater, Opera Toronto and Israeli Opera, working with conductors such as Kazushi Ono, Fabio Luisi, Daniel Harding, Carlo Rizzi and Antonino Fogliani. Upcoming roles: Frank Die Fledermaus (Moscow), Sparafucile Rigoletto (Sankt Gallen) and Don Apostolo Lucrezia Borgia (La Monnaie Brussels).