This season, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Raimondo in
Lucia di Lammermoor and Crespel in
Les Contes d’Hoffmann, the San Francisco Opera as Timur in
Turandot, and to the Salzburg Easter Festival as Zuniga in
Carmen. He also made his debuts at the Canadian Opera Company as Angelotti in
Tosca and the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Banquo in
Macbeth, and appeared in concert with the Berlin Philharmonic. This summer her returns to the Salzburg Festival for
Carmen and appears in the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and next season he returns to the San Francisco Opera as the Four Villains in
Les Contes d’Hoffmann and to the Dallas Opera as Timur in
Turandot.
Other recent opera engagements have included his debuts at the San Francisco Opera as the King in
Aida, the Portland Opera as Timur, the Boston Lyric Opera as Claudio in
Agrippina, the Staatstheater Stuttgart as the title role in
Le Nozze di Figaro, the Salzburg Festival as the Duke of Verona in
Romeo et Juliette, and the Bayerische Staatsoper as Colline; Oroveso in
Norma and the Bonze in
Madama Butterfly at the Bayerische Staatsoper; performances of
Tosca,
Don Carlo, and
Tannhäuser at the Munich Festival; Colline and Tan Dun’s
Tea: A Mirror of the Soul at the Santa Fe Opera, Colline at the Los Angeles Opera, Figaro at the Arizona Opera and Chicago Opera Theatre, Raimondo at the Virginia Opera, Timur at the Ft. Worth Opera, Karenin in
Anna Karenin (world premiere) and Masetto in
Don Giovanni at the Florida Grand Opera; and Karenin, Angelotti, and the Immigration Officer in the American premiere of Jonathan Dove’s
Flight at the Opera Theater of Saint Louis. A graduate of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, Mr. Van Horn has also appeared in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s productions of
La Damnation de Faust,
The Pearl Fishers,
Carmen,
Der Rosenkavalier, and
Aida ... read full bioThis season, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn returns to the San Francisco Opera as the Four Villains in
Les Contes d’Hoffmann and the Dallas Opera as Timur in
Turandot. He also makes his debut at the Netherlands Opera as Gessler in
Guillaume Tell.
Recent opera engagements have included Timur and the King in
Aida at the San Francisco Opera, Angelotti in
Tosca at the Canadian Opera Company, Timur at the Portland Opera, Claudio in
Agrippina, at the Boston Lyric Opera, Colline in
La Bohéme and Tan Dun’s
Tea: A Mirror of the Soul at the Santa Fe Opera, Colline in at the Los Angeles Opera, Figaro in
Le nozze di Figaro at the Arizona Opera and Chicago Opera Theatre, Karenin in
Anna Karenin (world premiere) and Masetto in
Don Giovanni at the Florida Grand Opera, and Karenin, Angelotti, and the Immigration Officer in the American premiere of Jonathan Dove’s
Flight at the Opera Theater of Saint Louis. In Europe he has appeared at the Salzburg Festival in
Carmen and
Roméo et Juliette, the Bayerische Staatsoper as Colline, Oroveso in
Norma and the Bonze in
Madama Butterfly; the Munich Festival in
Tosca, Don Carlo, and
Tannhäuser; Banquo in
Macbeth at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Figaro at the Stuttgart Opera. A graduate of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Mr. Van Horn has appeared in the company’s productions of
Lucia di Lammermoor, Les Contes d’Hoffman, La Damnation de Faust, The Pearl Fishers, Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier, and
Aida.
Mr. Van Horn’s recent concert engagements have included appearances at the Salzburg Festival Easter Festival with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, and at Carnegie Hall in a concert programmed by the Emerson String Quartet as part of their Perspective Series. Other notable concert appearances have included Tippet’s
Child of Our Time with the Chicago Symphony (with Sir Andrew Davis), Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Pacific Symphony, and the opening concerts of the Bard Music Festival.
Mr. Van Horn received his Master’s degree in music from Yale University. His numerous awards include winner at the 2003 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 2003 Sarah Tucker Study Grant, first place at the 2002 MacAllister Competition Collegiate Division, prize winner in the 2002 Liederkranz Foundation Vocal Competition, and the Richman Award from Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
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