An Austrian Music Theatre Award winner for Best Young Male Artist, Northern Irish baritone Timothy Connor is a versatile performer, distinguished by the expressive richness of his voice and a compelling stage presence.
In the 2026/27 season, Timothy continues at Theater Freiburg as a member of the ensemble, where his roles include Albert in Massenet’s Werther, the Heerrufer des Königs in Wagner’s Lohengrin, Housemate in Oliver Leith’s Last Days, and The CEO in Ellen Reid’s The Shell Trial, alongside a revival of the solo role in David Lang’s The Loser. He makes his Theater Basel debut as a Man and Ephraimite in Schönberg’s Moses und Aron, a new co-production with Theater Freiburg, and returns to Bühnen Bern as Horatio in the world premiere of Sarah Nemtsov’s Ophelias Flügel.
Timothy joined the ensemble of Theater Freiburg in the 2025/26 season, singing Oppenheimer in John Adams’ Doctor Atomic and Oreste in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, as well as performing the solo role in David Lang’s The Loser. That season also saw his debut at Bühnen Bern in the world premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s L’Agamemnone.
Elsewhere, his operatic appearances have included Graf von Liebenau in Lortzing’s Der Waffenschmied, Prinzessin Sherifa in Hamed und Sherifa, Willem/The Lawyer in Der Prozess, Figaro in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Gregorio in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the MusikTheater an der Wien. At the Nationaltheater Mannheim and MusikTheater an der Wien, he performed Blazes/Officer 2 in Peter Maxwell Davies’ The Lighthouse. Further engagements include Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca with English Touring Opera, Tarquinius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at the Landestheater Linz, and Dancairo in Bizet’s Carmen at Oper Wuppertal. His repertoire also includes Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), the Father (Hänsel und Gretel), Sid (Albert Herring), Licaone (Giove in Argo), and Hel Helson (Paul Bunyan).
A particular focus of Timothy’s work is contemporary music theatre. He created the role of Alexanda Kotey in the world premiere of Charlotte Bray’s American Mother at Theater Hagen and appeared as Townsend Harris in the world premiere of Fabián Panisello’s Die Judith von Shimoda at the Bregenzer Festspiele and subsequently with Neue Oper Wien. With Neue Oper Wien, he also sang Kris Kelvin in the Austrian premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Solaris. At the MusikTheater an der Wien, he appeared in Philip Venables’ Denis & Katya. Earlier in his career, he created the role of Pulchino in Lliam Paterson’s BambinO for Scottish Opera and the Manchester International Festival, subsequently performing the work at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
His first CD recording, as Graf von Liebenau in Lortzing’s Der Waffenschmied, was released by Capriccio with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien. He has appeared at the Barbican Centre in Iain Burnside’s A Soldier and a Maker, and as Frank in Die Fledermaus alongside Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Thomas Allen in a production by John Copley. In concert and recital, Timothy has appeared with Roger Vignoles in Schubert’s Winterreise, at the London Song Festival, with the Schubert Society of Great Britain, and with Simon Lepper on the International Artist Platform. He has also toured with the European Baroque Ensemble in Mozart by Candlelight.
Timothy trained at the International Opera School of the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. He was a Britten Pears Young Artist, a Les Azuriales Young Artist, and a Help Musicians UK scholar. He gained his first professional stage experience at the opera studio of the Landestheater Linz and as a member of the Young Ensemble at Theater an der Wien.