Simon O´Neill

Worldwide representation

Simon O'Neill is one of the most sought-after Heldentenor at the world's leading opera houses and festivals, and is particularly successful in Wagnerian roles such as Siegfried, Siegmund, Parsifal, Lohengrin and Stolzing, as well as Florestan.

His engagements in the 2024/25 season include performances of Gurre-Lieder under Alan Gilbert at NDR Hamburg; Tristan in a new production of the San Francisco Opera under the baton of Eun Sun Kim and concert performances of Siegfried with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra under Markus Stenz. Mr O'Neill then takes over the Loge in the new production of Rheíngold at the Paris Opera. He can be heard in the Lied von der Erde in Strasbourg under Robert Trevino and with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra under Alpesh Chauhan in Düsseldorf. The Hamburg State Opera has engaged the tenor as Tristan for a series of performances of Tristan und Isolde.

Highlights of recent seasons include Lohengrin in a new production of the opera at the San Francisco Opera, Gurre-Lieder with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young, his debut at the Opéra National de Paris as Parsifal, which he also interpreted at the Bavarian State Opera, Tristan at Santa Fe Opera, Florestan (Fidelio) with the Sydney Symphony under Simone Young, Boris in Katya Kabanova with the London Symphony Orchestra and Siegfried in concert with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle and with the Basel Symphony Orchestra under Mark Elder.

Outstanding milestones in his career include opening the season at La Scala in Milan under Daniel Barenboim as Siegmund, a role he has also sung with Franz Welser-Möst at the Vienna State Opera and Covent Garden, as well as his further appearances in London as Lohengrin, Fidelio, Stolzing and Parsifal; other important career milestones include his debut as the Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Berlin State Opera with Simone Young and as the Tambourmajor in Wozzeck with Levine at the Metropolitan Opera. In 2009 Simon O'Neill made his role debut in concert as Otello with the London Symphony Orchestra under Colin Davis. He has since appeared in this role on stages in Houston, Boston, Auckland and Sydney. At the Bayreuth Festival he made his debut as Lohengrin in Hans Neuenfels' production with Andris Nelsons and returned as Parsifal in Stefan Herheim's acclaimed production under Daniele Gatti. His guest appearances at the Salzburg Festival included Florestan.

Simon O'Neill has worked with outstanding conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Riccardo Muti, Pierre Boulez, Fabio Luisi, Donald Runnicles, Christian Thielemann, Jaap van Zweden, Daniel Harding, Esa Pekka Salonen and Gustavo Dudamel, in addition to those already mentioned.

His broad concert repertoire, which includes Mahler's Lied von der Erde and the 8th Symphony, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and the 9th Symphony, Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, and Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, has taken him to the world's most prestigious concert halls, including Carnegie Hall New York, the Royal Albert and Royal Festival Hall London, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome and the NHK Hall in Tokyo.

His discography includes the Lied CD "Distant Beloved" (Decca), his award-winning solo album "Father and Son, Wagner Scenes and Arias" (Warner), Siegfried in the Ring under Jaap van Zweden (Naxos) and with the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder, Otello and Freischütz-Max under Colin Davis (LSO Live), Beethoven's Symphony no. 9. Valkyrie under Barenboim from La Scala and Parsifal with Pappano from Covent Garden have been released on Blu-ray. Simon O'Neill was appointed an Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II. He is a graduate and Doctor (h.c.) of Music from Victoria University of Wellington and a graduate of the University of Otago, Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard Opera Center. His portrait graced the 1998 New Zealand one-dollar stamp.

2024/25

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