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Isaac Tolley is a scottish bass baritone who is quickly developing a reputation as an exciting up and coming operatic talent . Newly appointed ensemble member at Augsburg State Theater, Tolley is making a name for bringing new operatic charaters to life. His season at Augsburg State Theater will reprise his role as Bergmann in C:\>title Labyrinth, a wild creation of Hauke Berheide and Amy Stebbins that combines virtual reality with an immersive stage design. Further to this, Tolley will create the triple role of Ben- Stan - James in THE LAST NIGHT OF THE WORLD, Augustí Charles' composition based on Ray Bradbury's short story, in Ausburg.

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Isaac was supported in his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and Royal Academy of Music, London by various scholarships including Scottish International Education Trust, Kathleen Trust, Mario Lanza Educational Foundation, Caird Trust and Stiftung August Everding.

Notable past roles include the King of Scotland in Handel’s Ariodante and Martino in Rossini’s L’occasione fa il Ladro, performed in the Prinzregententheater Munich with the Munich Radio Orchestra. See operabase for full performance history.

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As a recitalist, he has engaged deeply with art song, having studied with Christian Gerhaher in Munich. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic he was selected to give live streams of Schubert’s Schwanengesang, Poulenc’s Chansons Gaillardes, and Strauss' Notturno from the Royal Academy of Music in London. Most recently, he performed Schubert’s Winterreise in January 2024 under the mentorship of Gerold Huber. Isaac also regularly appears as a soloist in choral and orchestral concerts, including recent performances of Fauré’s Requiem with the Münchner Konzertchor.

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Isaac was a Dunedin Consort Young Artist for the 2023-24 season, covered Sir Bryn Terfel as a Brixen Classics Young Artist in 2022, and was awarded a Bayreuth Scholarship at the 2022 Richard Wagner Competition in Leipzig. Before singing, Isaac completed his studies as a trumpet player at the conservatoires of Amsterdam and Århus.

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