Tomas Pavilionis is one of the most charismatic singers in Baltic States. He is leading tenor at the Lithuanian National Opera Theatre, 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, Italian tenor in Rosenkavalier, Rinuccio in Gianni Schcchi at the Lithuanian National Opera. He also sings Pong (Turandot) at the Finnish national Opera, Ismaele (Nabucco) and Pinkerton (Madama Buterfly) at Kaunas State Musical Theater, Prince (Rusalka) at Klaipėda State Musical theatre and Rodolfo (La boheme) at Plovdiv State Opera Theatre.
His repertoire also includes Alfredo (La Traviata), 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) and Tonio (La fille du régiment).
In 2022 Pavilionis recorded CD together with famous opera star Charles Castronovo. In 2017 and 2018 he sang Lensky (Thaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin) and Gala concert in Krasnoyarsk Dmitri Chvorostovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre in the Festival in memory of Dmitri Chvorostovsky. In 2017 he recorded CD of Bellini’s I Puritani together with Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn and Azamat Zheltyrguzov. And in 2016 he recorded CD Verdi’s 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, Graham Vick, Vincent Boussard, Vasily Barkhatov, etc. And he has worked with conductors, such as Sesto Quatrini, Johannes Wildner, Gianluca Marciano, Modestas Pitrėnas, and others.
Pavilionis has achieved his vocal skills studying with prof. Vytautas Juozapaitis at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius (2010). He is regularly participating at the classical music projects and improving his professional skills at the international master classes. He has worked with famous vocal coaches, such as Paolo de Napoli, Vincenzo Manno, Mauro Augustini, Elena Kerl, Roman Sadnik.
