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Sir John Rowland Tomlinson, CBE (born 22 September 1946) is an English bass. He was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England, UK.

Tomlinson studied with Patrick McGuigan at the Royal Northern College of Music and with Otakar Kraus. He sings regularly with the Royal Opera and English National Opera, and has appeared with all the major British opera companies. He has sung at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany every year from 1988 to 2006, as Wotan, the Wanderer, King Marke, Titurel, Gurnemanz, Hagen and the Dutchman. In 2008, he created the title role in Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur at the Royal Opera House.

Tomlinson was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997 for his services to music and was knighted in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

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 '''Sir John Rowland Tomlinson''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born 22 September 1946) is an English [[basso|bass]]. He was born in [[Oswaldtwistle]], Lancashire, England, UK.
-Tomlinson studied with [[Patrick McGuigan]] at the [[Royal Northern College of Music]] and with [[Otakar Kraus]]. He sings regularly with the [[Royal Opera, London|Royal Opera]] and [[English National Opera]], and has appeared with all the major British opera companies. He has sung at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] in Germany every year from 1988 to 2006, as Wotan, the Wanderer, King Marke, Titurel, Gurnemanz, Hagen and the Dutchman. In 2008, he created the title role in [[Harrison Birtwistle]]'s opera [[The Minotaur (opera)|''The Minotaur'']] at the [[Royal Opera House]].
+Tomlinson studied with Patrick McGuigan at the [[Royal Northern College of Music]] and with [[Otakar Kraus]]. He sings regularly with the [[Royal Opera, London|Royal Opera]] and [[English National Opera]], and has appeared with all the major British opera companies. He has sung at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] in Germany every year from 1988 to 2006, as Wotan, the Wanderer, King Marke, Titurel, Gurnemanz, Hagen and the Dutchman. In 2008, he created the title role in [[Harrison Birtwistle]]'s opera [[The Minotaur (opera)|''The Minotaur'']] at the [[Royal Opera House]].
 Tomlinson was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1997 for his services to music and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the 2005 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.