Christian Van Horn

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Christian Van Horn is an American bass-baritone. [1]

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Personal life

Van Horn was born on 31 October 1978 in Rockville Centre, New York. [2] He lives in Virginia with his wife and son. [3]

Career

Van 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.

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  2. ↑ "Christian Van Horn •". Music Academy of the West. 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  3. ↑ "Christian Van Horn (Bass-Baritone) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  4. ↑ "Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Winners" (PDF).
  5. 1 2 3 Routledge. (2018-04-27). "INTERVIEW | The Kingly Voice Of Christian Van Horn". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  6. ↑ "Spotlight on Christian Van Horn". www.lyricopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  7. ↑ "Tea: A Mirror of Soul 2007 | Santa Fe Opera". www.santafeopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  8. ↑ "OPERA America & Anna Karenina - Florida Grand Opera". 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  9. ↑ "Christian Van Horn • Salzburg Festival". Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  10. ↑ "Christian Van Horn". www.metopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  11. ↑ "Tutino's Two Women at San Francisco". bachtrack.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  12. ↑ "Metropolitan Opera Archives". archives.metopera.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  13. ↑ "The Richard Tucker Award". The Richard Tucker Music Foundation. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "Christian Van Horn". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
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