Often described as a rich, velvety and sonorous voice and praised for his strong stage presence and acting skills, the baritone Tim Kuypers has been a regular guest at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich since he finished the Studio in 2013. He had the pleasure of regularly singing under former chief conductor Kirill Petrenko and sang roles like the Einäugige in “Die Frau ohne Schatten”, Haudy in “Die Soldaten”, created the role of Hjalmar Johansen in Srnka’s ‘South Pole’ and sang the Guard and Planet in the world premiere of Jörg Widmann’s ‘Babylon’ with conductor Kent Nagano. Tim also worked with Oksana Lyniv on Eddy in ‘Greek’ by Turnage for which he was awarded the Festspielpreis of the Bayerische Staatsoper and the role of Mittenhofer in “Elegie für junge Liebende” by Henze. Other roles include Marullo in (Rigoletto), Sonora in (La fanciulla del West), Short and the Obstreperous Prisoner in Janácek's 'From the house of the dead', Harašta in ‘The cunning little vixen’ and Mathieu in ‘Andrea Chenier’ with Omer Meir Wellber.
Next to that, Tim was a guest at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, in the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and several opera houses and concert venues throughout Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Estonia.
On the opera stage he sang with conductors like Marco Armiliato, Fabio Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Kirill Petrenko, Vladimir Jurowski, Mark Elder, Bertrand de Billy, Simone Young, Daniele Rustioni, Alexander Soddy, Christopher Ward, Paolo Carignani, Kent Nagano, Ádám Fischer, Asher Fisch, Oksana Lyniv, Marc Piollet, Pietro Rizzo, Emmanuel Villaume, Constantinos Caridis, Karl Mark Chichon, Omer Meir Wellber, Francesco Angelico just to name a few and created roles with directors such as Richard Jones, Hans Neuenfels, Peter Konwitschny, Barrie Kosky, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Frank Castorf, Andreas Kriegenburg, Jürgen Rose, Philipp Stölzl, David Bösch, Carlus Padrissa/La Fura dels Baus and Christiane Pohle.
His operatic repertoire also includes roles like Silvio (Pagliacci), Ping (Turandot), il conte d’Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), the title role in Rossini’s ‘Il signor Bruschino’, Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Vater (Hänsel und Gretel), Sid (Albert Herring), Belcore (Elisir d’amore), Von Wierhof (Semyon Kotko) and Pantalon (L’Amour des trois oranges) to name just a few.
Next to opera, Tim has a big passion for Lied. His repertoire spans from Schubert (Winterreise etc) up to Martin (Jedermann Monologe), all of Mahler’s song cycles, the oeuvre of Butterworth and Fauré’s ‘l’Horizon chimérique.
He also regularly performs concert works such as Mendelssohn’s ‘Elias’, Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’, Brahms’ ‘Ein Deutsches Requiem’, the requiem masses by Fauré and Duruflé.
A few highlights from recent engagements are the role of Manz in ‘A village Romeo and Juliet’ by Delius with Sir Mark Elder and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Sonora in ‘la Fanciulla del West’ with director Andreas Dresen and conductors Daniele Rustioni and Juraj Valcuha as well as the Black-Party Minister in Ligeti’s ‘le Grand Macabre’ with James Gaffigan in Amsterdam.
Future engagements include Kuligin in ‘Kát‘a Kabanová’ at the Bayerische Staatsoper with director Krzysztof Warlikowski and conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla and the Short and the Obstreperous Prisoner in Janácek's 'From the house of the dead' with Karina Canellakis and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Three new song programs are scheduled as well. ‘Sea Fever’ is a collaboration with pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren and tells the tales of longing to the sea. Next to that, a new song program called ‘Kirjad koju’ or ‘Letters to home’ with pianist Johan Randvere and actor Risto Vaidla which tells about written and composed stories and poetry of fallen soldiers and refugees which will tour through Estonia and the BeNeLux.
“Allen voran der umwerfend gute Tim Kuypers in einer lebensprallen Charakterstudie als sadistischer Mathieu”
“... sparks flew when baritone Tim Kuypers was onstage, making the most of his rival Manz”
“...großartig wendig mit ausdrucksvoll kernigem und doch warmem Bariton und Sympathieträger: Tim Kuypers... - Den Abend trägt neben dem exzellenten, subtil verschiedenste Tonfälle treffenden Staatsorchester unter Oksana Lyniv Tim Kuypers als Eddy: Denn diesem charismatischen jungen Bariton aus den Niederlanden glaubt man einfach alles, egal wie gespreizt, pathetisch oder platt anzüglich der Text ist und auch wie sperrig manchmal der Sprechgesang von Turnage anmutet.”
““Greek” ist hochkarätig besetzt - sowohl stimmlich als auch schauspielerisch. Tim Kuypers strahlt als Eddy eine gewaltige Präsenz aus.”
“...Tim Kuypers particulièrement élégant dans Mathieu, avec une impeccable diction, vu par la mise en scène comme personnage inquiétant personnalisant la révolution”
“Tim Kuypers darf seinen schönen Bariton als Mathieu in der Maske des Jokers erklingen lassen”
“Tim Kuypers mit samtenem Timbre und großem Stimmumfang”
“La Team Amundsen est globalement meilleure aussi dans les voix, portée par le Johansen de Tim Kuypers...”
“Hampson findet in Tim Kuypers auch einen szenisch präsenten Gegenspieler”
“Tim Kuypers campe un Mathieu diabolique au timbre sombre, le sang semblant lui passer dans les yeux”
“Ein herzzereissenden Sehnsuchts-Hymne an die Vögel”
“Und so wurde an diesem Abend deutlich, über was eine starke Bühnenpräsenz der prägnante Bariton Tim Kuypers als Gregor Mittenhofer verfügt…”
“Tim Kuypers der die Stimme der Menschheit übernahm, bezwang mit prachtvollem, nuancenreichem, an Simon Keenlyside erinnerndem Bariton”
“From a fine supporting cast, I should single out Tim Kuypers’s Sonora. I do not think
it is just the human agency of the role that has me do so; Kuypers made one
feel there was considerably more to it than that.”
“...ce n’est pas le cas du baryton Tim Kuypers, excellent Sonora, qui fut membre du Studio et qui apparaît régulièrement depuis plusieurs années dans diverses distributions, bien connu à Munich.”
“Tim Kuypers war ein schelmischer, spöttischer Sonora mit hervorragender stimmlicher Projektion und bemerkenswerter Bühnenbeteiligung.”
“....il Sonora di Tim Kuypers, dal fraseggio ricco di calda umanità.”
“Tim Kuypers brilliert als schicksalsverwirrter Muttersöhnchenliebhaber”