The Vienna-born countertenor studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with KS Edith Lienbacher, Gabriele Lechner and KS Robert Holl and graduated with distinction in 2012.

His engagements have already taken the young singer to La Scala in Milan, the Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon, the Staatsoper Berlin, the Zurich Opera HouseY, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Royal Danish Opera House, Theater Chemnitz, Landestheater Innsbruck, the Bregenzer Festspiele and the Volksoper Wien. Thomas Lichtenecker has also sung several times at the Kammeroper München and at various festivals, such as the Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi, the Tiroler Festpiele in Erl, the Jopera Festival in Jennersdorf, the Kirchenmusikfestival in Retz and the Festival für alte Musik in Regensburg.

His repertoire sung on stage is varied and extensive, ranging from baroque to modern. His most important roles include Satirino in Cavalli's “La Calisto”, Bradamante in Handel's “Alcina”, Amor and Valetto in Monteverdi's “L'incoronazione di Poppea”, Tenente in Joseph Schuster's “Il marito indolente”, Ernesto in Haydn's “Die Welt auf dem Mond”, Orlofsky in Strauss' “Die Fledermaus”, Pippetto in Donizetti's “Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali”, Mother Ute in Oscar Straus' “Die lustigen Nibelungen”, Tisbe in Rossini's “La Cenerentola”, Miles in Britten's “The Turn of the Screw”, Clearte in Hölszky's “Hybris” or Un Giovane and Voce lontana in Salvatore Sciarrino's “Superflumina”.

His concert and oratorio repertoire is also extensive. The countertenor has already sung the swan in Orff's “Carmina Burana”, the alto role in Pergolesi's “Stabat Mater” and the boy solo in Bernstein's “Chichester Psalmes”, and his performances have taken him to venues including the Musikverein Vienna and concert halls from Salzburg to Copenhagen.

Thomas Lichtenecker has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Maxime Pascal, Ivor Bolton, Paolo Carignani, Roman Válek, Jos van Veldhoven, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Julia Jones, Jörg Straube, Tito Ceccherini, Andreas Schüller, Johannes Wildner, Christian Kolonovits, Walter Kobera and Christopher Moulds and has appeared in productions by Claus Guth, Sir David McVicar, Jürgen Flimm, Martin Kusej, Harry Kupfer, Andrea Schwalbach, Matthias Davids, Robert Meyer, Jetske Mijnssen, Alexandra Liedtke and Dominik Wilgenbus, among others.

In 2007, the singer was awarded the audience prize and the prize for best Austrian singer at the “Ferruccio Tagliavini International Singing Competition”.

In 2015, Thomas Lichtenecker recorded the CD “Musica Inflamata” with the baroque ensemble of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.