Christopher Maltman

One of the most sought-after dramatic baritones of today, Grammy Award-winner Christopher Maltman has appeared to wide acclaim at the world’s leading opera houses, including the Royal Opera House, Salzburg Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and Teatro alla Scala. Initially renowned for his Mozart interpretations, his ever-expanding repertoire now encompasses roles such as Iago Otello, Wotan in Wagner’s Ring cycle, Jochanaan Salome, Hans Sachs Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Scarpia Tosca and the title role in Enescu’s OEdipe.

This season sees Maltman make two major role debuts: the Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer with the Bayerische Staatsoper (including a tour to Shanghai) and at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, and The Wanderer in Barrie Kosky’s new production of Siegfried at the Royal Ballet & Opera. Other highlights include Don Pizarro Fidelio and Don Alfonso Così fan tutte at the Wiener Staatsoper and Scarpia Tosca at both Staatsoper unter den Linden and Wiener Staatsoper. On the concert platform, he returns to Teatro alla Scala as the Narrator in Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw under Riccardo Chailly, performs Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and Der fliegende Holländer with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Recent engagements include Wotan Das Rheingold and Leporello Don Giovanni at the Royal Ballet & Opera; Scarpia Tosca at the Staatsoper Berlin; Iago Otello at Bayerische Staatsoper; Count di Luna Il Trovatore at Washington National Opera; Amfortas Parsifal at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; Ford Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera; Wotan Die Walküre at the Teatro di San Carlo; Rigoletto at Staatsoper Berlin; and Mandryka Arabella at Wiener Staatsoper.

Maltman’s previous concert appearances include collaborations with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, working with artists such as Sir Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Sir Colin Davis. Recent concert highlights include Mahler’s Symphony No.8 at the Wiener Konzerthaus and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Münchner Philharmoniker.

A graduate in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick, he studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music. His breakthrough came when he won the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. He remains a distinguished interpreter of Lieder, with a wide-ranging discography that includes the Grammy Award-winning recording of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles.