Christoph Pohl

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Christoph Pohl
Born (1976-07-26) 26 July 1976 (age 49)
Education Musikhochschule Hannover
OccupationOperatic baritone
Organization Semperoper
Awards

Christoph Pohl (born 26 July 1976 in Hanover [1] ) is a German operatic baritone who has performed at major opera houses in Europe, based at the Semperoper in Dresden from 2005 to 2018.

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Career

Pohl was a member of the Knabenchor Hannover, and then studied voice at the Musikhochschule Hannover with Carol Richardson-Smith. [2] He studied further as a member of the studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2003 to 2005. He then became a member of the Semperoper in Dresden, where he remained until 2018. [2] He appeared as Mozart's Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro , Guglielmo in Così fan tutte , Papageno in Die Zauberflöte , as Rossini's Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia , Dandini in La Cenerentola , as Belcore in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore , Verdi's Giorgio Germont in La traviata and Posa in Don Carlos , as Valentin in Gounod's Faust , Chorèbe in Les Troyens by Berlioz, Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser , the title role of Weinberger's Schwanda the Bagpiper, Puccini's Lescaut in Manon Lescaut , Marcello in La bohème , Sharpless in Madama Butterfly , Spielmann in Humperdinck's Königskinder , Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, Danilo in Léhar's Die lustige Witwe , and the title role in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin . [3] He was awarded the Christel-Goltz Prize of the Semperoper Foundation in 2008. [4] [2] [5]

In 2015, Pohl first appeared at the Royal Opera House in London as Johannes in the world premiere of Morgen und Abend by Georg Friedrich Haas, [3] in a coproduction with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The composer had written the role especially for his voice. [6] He returned to London for Verdi's Posa in Don Carlo and Germont in La traviata . [3] He performed as a guest also at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Oper Leipzig, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Opéra de Lyon and La Fenice in Venice. [2] He appeared at the Bavarian State Opera in the 2020–21 season as Frank in Korngold's Die tote Stadt . [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Vier Opernstars zu Hamburger Kammersängerinnen und Kammersängern ernannt". Hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Christoph Pohl / Solist (Gast)" (in German). Semperoper. 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Christoph Pohl". Royal Opera House. 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ehrung für Peter Schneider: 16. Preisträgerkonzert der Stiftung zur Förderung der Semperoper". nmz - neue musikzeitung (in German). 6 November 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Stück-Besetzung: Richard Wagner". Staatsoper Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Christoph Pohl". Deutsche Oper Berlin (in German). 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Christoph Pohl" (PDF). Bavarian State Opera (in German). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Hamburg ernennt vier Kammersänger". MUSIK HEUTE (in German). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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