Timothy Oliver, tenor from Norfolk, Virginia USA, upon completing his Bachelor and Master’s degrees at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music joined the Semperoper Dresden as a member of the ensemble from 2005-2018. Here he could be heard in over 50 roles, including the Tanzmeister and Brighella ("Ariadne auf Naxos"), Camille de Rosillon ("Die lustige Witwe"), Steuermann ("Der fliegende Holländer"), Pedrillo ("Die Entführung aus dem Serail"), Arbace ("Idomeneo"), Remendado ("Carmen") and Triquet ("Eugene Onegin"). Guest engagements have taken the tenor to important houses such as the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Santa Fe Opera, Oper Frankfurt, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Salzburg Festival, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and the Bayreuther Festspielhaus.

 In addition to character roles, Timothy has achieved great recognition in more lyric repertoire for example under the direction of Fabio Luisi with whom he made his role debut as Faust in "La Damnation de Faust" by Hector Berlioz at the Musikverein in Vienna. He made his successful debut as Tamino at the opera houses of Mannheim and Darmstadt as well as at the Staatsoperette Dresden.

Timothy’s concert activities have taken him to renowned concert halls such as the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and to the Barbican Centre London with the London Symphony Orchestra.

 Recent highlights of Timothy’s experience with modern music include his interpretation of Ghandi in "Satyagraha" by Philip Glass at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater where he also appeared as Loge in "Das Rheingold" and Mime in "Siegfried". As a result of a successful jump-in as Havlitschek at the Komische Oper Berlin in the modern composition of HK Gruber‘s "Die Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald,“ Timothy has been repeatedly engaged for several productions including two new compositions of "Peter Pan" by Richard Ayers and "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" by Attila Kadri Şendil along with more classical repertory including "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", “Candide”, and “Káťa Kabanová”.

 Timothy resides in Dresden, Germany with his wife and two children.