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His guest appearances include performances with the Metropolitan Opera New York, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper Berlin, Dresden Semperoper, Staatsoper Hamburg, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra de Lyon, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Theater an der Wien; New York Carnegie Hall,  Berlin Philharmonie, Cologne Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Auditorium di Milano, Vienna Musikverein & Konzerthaus; Bochum Ruhrtriennale, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Dresden Music Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburg Easter Festival, Salzburg Festival, Verbier Festival, Lucerne Festival, Bergen International Festival and Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Thomas Ebenstein has worked with a number of prestigious conductors such as Thomas Adès, Semyon Bychkov, Nicholas Carter, Riccardo Chailly, Christoph Eschenbach, Adam Fischer, Edward Gardner, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Marek Janowski, Philippe Jordan, Zubin Metha, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniele Rustioni and Christian Thielemann.

His repertoire include such roles as Pedrillo (The Abduction from the Seraglio) – amongst others at the Salzburg Festival, also published on DVD on Arthaus Musik – Steersman (The Flying Dutchman), David (The Mastersingers from Nuremberg), Mime (The Rhinegold and Siegfried), Gingerbread Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Dancing Master (Ariadne on Naxos), Scrivener (Khovanshchina), Prince Shuysky (Boris Godunov), Captain (Wozzeck), Shabby Peasant (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Bob Boles (Peter Grimes), Caliban (The Tempest) and Alfred (The Bat).

At the beginning of 2018, his debut recording with Lieder from R. Strauss, Schönberg, Zemlinsky and Korngold has been released on Capriccio (Première Portraits).