Christopher Maltman

Introduction

On the opera stage, Christopher Maltman's recent appearances include the title role of Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival, at the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin, at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, and in Cologne; Posa (Don Carlo) for the Netherlands Opera; Papageno, Guglielmo, Marcello, Ramiro, and Forester at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Papageno, Silvio and Harlekin at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. He has also appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival, Vienna State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin, Zurich Opera, Oper Frankfurt, and at the opera houses of San Diego, Seattle and San Francisco.

He will return to the Salzburg Festival in 2013 to sing the title role in Birtwhistle's Gawain. His future engagements also include Il Conte at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and in LA with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel; Don Giovanni at the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin and in Toulouse; Posa for Frankfurt Opera, and returns to the Bayerischer Staatsoper and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. 

In concert, he has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras with conductors such as Conlon, von Dohnanyi, Harnoncourt, Harding, Masur, Norrington, Otaka and Rattle.

A renowned recitalist, his many engagements have included appearances in Aldeburgh, Amsterdam, Brussels, Cologne, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Milan, New York, Salzburg, San Francisco and Vienna. He is a regular guest at the Wigmore Hall and at the Schwarzenberg Schubertiade Festival.


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Schedule

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Programme

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro 

Christopher Maltman, Count Almaviva
Dorothea Röschmann, Countess Almaviva
Malin Christensson, Susanna
Ann Murray, Marcellina

Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel

Christopher Alden, director
Jean Nouvel, architect
Azzedine Alaïa, designer

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro 

Christopher Maltman, Count Almaviva
Dorothea Röschmann, Countess Almaviva
Malin Christensson, Susanna
Ann Murray, Marcellina

Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel

Christopher Alden, director
Jean Nouvel, architect
Azzedine Alaïa, designer

Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

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BIRTWISTLE: Gaiwan

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Christopher Maltman
John Tomlinson
Laura Aikin
Jennifer Johnston
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts 
Elisabeth Atherton
Andrew Watts
Brian Galliford

Salzburg Bach Choir
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

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BIRTWISTLE: Gaiwan

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Christopher Maltman
John Tomlinson
Laura Aikin
Jennifer Johnston
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts 
Elisabeth Atherton
Andrew Watts
Brian Galliford

Salzburg Bach Choir
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

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BIRTWISTLE: Gaiwan

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Christopher Maltman
John Tomlinson
Laura Aikin
Jennifer Johnston
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts 
Elisabeth Atherton
Andrew Watts
Brian Galliford

Salzburg Bach Choir
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

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BIRTWISTLE: Gaiwan

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Christopher Maltman
John Tomlinson
Laura Aikin
Jennifer Johnston
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts 
Elisabeth Atherton
Andrew Watts
Brian Galliford

Salzburg Bach Choir
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

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BIRTWISTLE: Gaiwan

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Christopher Maltman
John Tomlinson
Laura Aikin
Jennifer Johnston
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts 
Elisabeth Atherton
Andrew Watts
Brian Galliford

Salzburg Bach Choir
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

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New Year Recordings

The first few months of 2013 have already seen Christopher Maltman appear in several recording studios.    In January, Christopher was in the famous Watford Colosseum recording Britten's War Requiem with the Gabrieli Consort & Players, conducted by Paul McCreesh.  The other soloists for this exciting project were also from the Askonas Holt family, Susan Gritton and John Mark Ainsley.

Christopher then travelled to the middle of Russia, to the Perm State Opera, to record Guglielmo / Cosi fan tutte conducted by the theatre's Artistic Director, Teodor Currentzis. 

Highlighting his versatility, Brahms' Romances were next on the schedule for a February recording in London with the preeminent lieder accompanist Graham Johnson.  Christopher has made many lieder recordings, including works of Schubert, Schumann, Fauré, Debussy & Richard Strauss, but this is his first foray into Brahms.

Look out for these exciting future releases!

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Press

Mozart

DIE ZAUBERFLOTE - April 2013

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Christopher Maltman’s Papageno, with his mallard beanie, is irresistibly simple-minded, quick to take hurt and quick to wrath — and everywhere beautifully sung. Hilary Finch, The Times, 17 April 2013
Maltman, vaulting gleefully into bed with Susana Gaspar's Papagena at the end, is funny, sad, sexy and one of the best Papagenos you will ever hear. Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 17 April 2013
Christopher Maltman was a loveable teddy-bear as Papageno... Hannah Sander, Classical Source, 16 April 2013

Recital - January 2013

Wigmore Hall

Maltman, in prime vocal form, presented his shy, callow teenager with tender wit. His bashful hesitation at "A seize ans, on est farouche" (At sixteen one is shy) was a delight. Mark Valencia, classicalsource.com, 4 January 2013

Mozart

Don Giovanni – June 2012

Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

Played with haunted, haunting sensitivity by the baritone Christopher Maltman, this Giovanni seemed disarmingly sincere in his interactions, a man more sinned against than sinner… I will most remember Mr. Maltman’s genuinely brave performance, courageous not because of its histrionics but because of its restraint. He and Mr. Guth dispense with much of the part’s traditional macho swagger and winking seducer clichés, ending up with a character — and a production — as puzzling and fascinating as Mozart and Da Ponte intended. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 8 July 2012
As in Salzburg, the double-act of Christopher Maltman and Erwin Schrott, striking sparks of each other as Giovanni and Leporello, made for fascinating theatre. Bot act wonderfully with their voices. Maltman produced honeyed tones in both ‘Là ci darem la mano’ and the Serenade, and capped his night’s work with a knock-out high A. Carlos Maria Solare, Opera , October 2012

Verdi

Don Carlo - May 2012

Netherlands Opera

A beautiful and impressive role debut from Christopher Maltman as Posa NRC Handeslblad, 08 May 2012
Christopher Maltman’s Posa was distinguished by beautiful legato, warm, flowing tone and real emotion. Erna Metdepenninghen, Opera, August 2012
Singer of the evening was Christopher Maltman. The British baritone gave life as Maquis of Posa such a beautiful farewell, that we will never again ridicule the genre of the prolonged death-scene. Guido van Oorschot, De Volkskrant, 09 May 2012
[Saving] the best for last: Christopher Maltman... here is a 'Posa' drawn from a firm, well projected voice. In style, length, nuance and stamina, strong enough to carry his 'Carlo ascolta' unflinchingly to the end. Christophe Rizoud, Forum Opera, 10 May 2012
Christopher Maltman (Rodrigo) is his [Petrenko's] measure in volume and robustness and has an admirable top register. His death scene is a real highlight. Jordi Kooiman, Opera Magazine, May 2012

Janáček

From the House of the Dead

Vienna State Opera

Christopher Maltman, making his house debut in velvet-smooth voice, deservedly won the evening’s loudest ovation as the demented Shishkov, whose tale of murdering his lover brings the opera to its emotional climax. Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph, 13 December 2011

Mozart

Cosí fan tutte - August 2011

Salzburg Festival

Christopher Maltman as a powerful Guglielmo... Salzburger Nachtrichten, 8 August 2011
Christopher Maltman, 2008 und 2010 noch der Don Giovanni, ist in die Rolle des Guglielmo geschlüpft, dem er seinen kernigen Stimmklang und seine große Bandbreite an Ausdrucksnuancen verleiht. Dreh Punkt Kultur, 8 August 2011
Christopher Maltman is a profound Guglielmo Der Standard, 5 August 2011

Mozart

Die Zauberflöte - February 2011

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Christopher Maltman’s ebulliently physical Papageno is as earthy as ever, and his sound has become luminous Michael Church, The Independent, 3 February 2011
Two marvellous artists make particularly outstanding contributions to the evening. One is baritone Christopher Maltman, whose Papageno is impeccably sung and both genuinely funny and deeply touching in his humanity. The other is the Royal Opera’s former music director, Colin Davis, who conducts George Hall, The Stage, 3 February 2011
Christopher Maltman's Papageno had a nice rough edge and a twinkle Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph, 3 February 2011
Christopher Maltman combines zaniness and pathos as a warmly sympathetic Papageno. Mark Valencia, Classical Source, 3 February 2011
Christopher Maltman as the bird-catcher Papageno was the real star. His comic acting and timing were wonderful, his baritone voice assured and his duck hat delightfully ludicrous.Most impressive of all, he did not allow the comic nature of his part to intrude on the serious business of singing. A perfect balance. William Hartston , Daily Express, 4 February 2011

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