Christian Van Horn is an American bass-baritone.[1]
Personal life
editVan Horn was born on 31 October 1978 in Rockville Centre, New York.[2] He lives in Virginia with his wife and son.[3]
Career
editVan Horn won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2003[4] and made his debut on the operatic stage in 2004 at the Florida Grand Opera,[5] where he sang Lu Duc in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.
He made his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago later that season, where he was a member of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Ensemble.[6] In 2007 he sang the American premiere of Tan Dun's Tea at Santa Fe Opera[7] and the World premiere of David Carlson's Anna Karenina at Florida Grand Opera.[8]
His international debut was in Roméo et Juliette at the 2008 Salzburg Festival.[9] He stayed in Europe from 2008 until 2010, where he had a contract with the Bavarian State Opera.[5] He made his Canadian Opera Company debut as Angelotti in Puccini's Tosca in 2012[5] and his Metropolitan Opera debut as Pistola in Verdi's Falstaff in 2013.[10]
In 2015 he performed the World premiere of Marco Tutino's Two Women at San Francisco Opera[11] and in 2017 the American premiere of Thomas Adès's The Exterminating Angel at the Metropolitan Opera.[12]
He was the 2018 winner of Richard Tucker Award.[13] That same year he performed the title role of Boito's Mefistofele at the Metropolitan Opera.[14] His debut at the Opéra National de Paris took place in 2019, as Nabal in Berlioz's Les Troyens.[15] He toured with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in Asia in 2024, performing the title role of Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul.
References
edit- ^ "Carnegie Hall". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Christian Van Horn •". Music Academy of the West. 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "Christian Van Horn (Bass-Baritone) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Winners" (PDF).
- ^ a b c Routledge. (2018-04-27). "INTERVIEW | The Kingly Voice Of Christian Van Horn". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Spotlight on Christian Van Horn". www.lyricopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Tea: A Mirror of Soul 2007 | Santa Fe Opera". www.santafeopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "OPERA America & Anna Karenina - Florida Grand Opera". 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Christian Van Horn • Salzburg Festival". Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Christian Van Horn". www.metopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Tutino's Two Women at San Francisco". bachtrack.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Metropolitan Opera Archives". archives.metopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "The Richard Tucker Award". The Richard Tucker Music Foundation. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Mefistofele - The Metropolitan Opera (2018) (Production - New York, united states) | Opera Online - The opera lovers web site". www.opera-online.com. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Christian Van Horn". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2024-09-11.