| Tilman Michael | |
| Birth Place: | Stuttgart |
Tilman Michael is a German choral conductor. He has been choral conductor at Oper Frankfurt from 2014, and is designated to lead the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera from the 2024/25 season.
Michael was born in Stuttgart. He studied there and in Cologne. Right afterwards he became second choral conductor at the Hamburg State Opera. He moved on to the Nationaltheater Mannheim where he had his first leading position, improving the quality of the group to being awarded the distinction Opera choir of the year. From 2014, Michael was choral conductor at the Oper Frankfurt, which was also named Opera choir of the year several times, last in 2023, for the new productions of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Handel's Hercules.
Michael is the designated chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera from the 2024/25 season, succeeding Donald Palumbo who retired at age 75.