Christian Van Horn
Christian Van Horn (born 1978) is an American operatic bass-baritone.
Education[edit]
Born in Rockville Centre, New York, Van Horn began his music studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook earning a bachelor of arts degree and began his studies with his one and only voice teacher, Richard Cross. Van Horn then earned his Master's degree in Voice/Opera at Yale University School of Music in New Haven, Connecticut. He spent his summers during graduate school performing as a young artist with the Central City Opera and Opera Theater of St. Louis. He then went on to continue his training as a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center.[1]
Professional career[edit]
Van Horn made his operatic debut in 2004 with the Florida Grand Opera as Lu Duc in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette and made his international debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 in the same role conducted by Yannick Nezet Seguin. In late 2008 Van Horn became an ensemble member with the Bayerische Staatsoper[2] accumulating over 100 performances in two seasons there, in roles including Oroveso in Norma and Colline in La bohème. Van Horn returned to the United States in 2010 and went on to sing with some of the most prestigious opera companies in the world including The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Paris Opera, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Los Angeles Opera, the opera festival of Bayerische Staatsoper and the Salzburg Festival. Specialising in the "bad guys", Van Horn sang Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust with the Lyric Opera of Chicago[3] and the Paris Opera[4] and also singing the 4 Villains with the San Francisco Opera[5], Los Angeles Opera[6], Bayerische Staatsoper[7]. In 2018 Van Horn sang the title role in Boito’s Mefistofele with the Metropolitan Opera[8] being one of only 8 singers to have ever done so.
Van Horn has sung over 100 performances at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera and the Bayerische Staatsoper each. He has been represented by Opus 3 Artists[9] for his entire career.
Van Horn made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2013[10] performing the role of Pistola in Verdi’s Falstaff conducted by James Levine. Also at the Metropolitan Opera Van Horn has appeared as Colline in Puccini’s La bohème (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020), The Sprecher in Mozart’s Die Zauberflote[11] (Conducted by James Levine 2017), the American debut of Thomas Adès’ The Exterminating Angel[12] in the role of Julio (2017), Publio in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito[13] (2019), and the Doktor in Berg's Wozzeck[14] (conducted by Yannick Nezet Seguin 2020). Future engagements at the Met include the title role in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro[15] and Nick Shadow in Stavinsky’s The Rake’s Progress[16].
In concert Van Horn has been a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic[17] (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony 2012), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Tippet’s A Child of our Time 2006), the New York Philharmonic (Wagner’s Das Rheingold 2017)[18], Royal Concertgebouw[19] (Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex 2020), The Berlin Philharmonic[20] (Bizet’s Carmen conducted by Sir Simon Rattle 2012), the Cleveland Symphony[21] (Haydn’s The Creation conducted by Franz Welser-Most 2018), The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra[22] (Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis conducted by Sir Andrew Davis 2016) among many others.
Personal life[edit]
Van Horn resides in Virginia with his wife and son. His bi-weekly podcast, “The CVH Podcast”[23], is heard in over 50 different countries to over 1000 cities worldwide and follows his travels and performances through monologues and discussions with colleagues and friends.
Awards[edit]
- Richard Tucker Award (2018)[24]
- Metropolitan Opera National Council Finals Winner (2003)[25][26]
- Sarah Tucker Grant (2003)[27]
Repertory[edit]
| Role | Composer | Opera | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oroveso | Bellini | Norma |
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| Doktor | Berg | Wozzeck |
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| Narbal | Berloiz | Les Trojans |
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| Escamillo | Bizet | Carmen |
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| Nourabad | Bizet | Pearl Fishers |
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| Mefistofele | Boito | Mefistofele |
|
| Claggart | Britten | Billy Budd |
|
| Henry VIII | Donizetti | Anna Bolena |
|
| Prefect | Donizetti | Linda di Chamonix |
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| Raimondo | Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor |
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| Mefistopheles | Gounod | Faust |
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| Friar Laurent | Gounod | Romeo et Juliette |
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| Claudio | Handel | Agrippina |
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| Melisso | Handel | Alcina |
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| Zoroastro | Handel | Orlando |
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| Publio | Mozart | La Clemenza di Tito |
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| Don Giovanni | Mozart | Don Giovanni |
|
| Figaro | Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro |
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| Sprecher | Mozart | Die Zauberflote |
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| Four Villains | Offenbach | Les contes d’Hoffman |
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| Colline | Puccini | La Bohème |
|
| Timur | Puccini | Turandot |
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| Alidoro | Rossini | La Cenerentola |
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| Gessler | Rossini | Guillaume Tell |
|
| Creon | Stravinsky | Oedipis Rex |
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| Nick Shadow | Stravinsky | The Rake’s Progress |
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| Attila | Verdi | Attila |
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| Pistola | Verdi | Falstaff |
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| Walter | Verdi | Luisa Miller |
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| Banco | Verdi | Macbeth |
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| Zaccaria | Verdi | Nabucco |
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| Lodovico | Verdi | Otello |
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| Donner | Wagner | Das Rheingold |
|
| Biterolf | Wagner | Tannhauser |
|
Discography[edit]
CD[edit]
- Carlson, Anna Karenina and Karenin (2007) with Stuart Robertson conducting the St Louis Symphony. Signum Classics[28]
- Summer, So Many Journeys (2008) Recital Recording. Albany Records[29]
- Bizet, Carmen as Zuniga (2012) Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. EMI[30]
- Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro as Figaro (2012) Theodor Currentzis conducting the Perm Opera Orchestra. Sony Classical[31]
- Summer, Tempest as Prospero (2015) Stefan Lano conducting the Shakespeare Concerts Ensemble. Albany[32]
- Puccini, La Boheme (2017) Carlo Rizzi conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Recorded Live Met Opera[33]
DVD[edit]
- Gounod, Romeo et Juliette as Le Duc (2008) with Yannick Nezet Seguin conducting the Berlin Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival Recorded Live. Deutsche Grammaphon[34]
- Puccini, Tosca as Angelotti (2009) with Fabio Luisi conducting the Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra. Unitel[35]
- Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia as Astolfo (2010) with Bertrand de Billy conducting the Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra. Unitel[36]
- Verdi, Falstaff as Pistola (2013) James levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Recorded live. Decca[37]
- Ades, Exterminating Angel (2017) Thomas Ades conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Recorded Live. Erato[38]
Digital/Streaming/Theater[edit]
- Beethoven, 9th Symphony (2011) with Leon Bottstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra.[39]
- Mozart, Figaro as Figaro (2021) Best of Klassik. Echo[40]
- Berlioz, Les Toryens (2021) Sir Andrew Davis conducting the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. Recorded Live. Lyric Opera of Chicago[41]
- Verdi, Luisa Miller (2021) Enrique Mazzola conducting the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. Recorded Live. Lyric Opera of Chicago[42]
- Gounod, Faust (2021) Lorenzo Viotti conducting the Paris Opera Orchestra. Recorded live without audience. FraCinema[43]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ryan Opera Center Alumni". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Beyerische Staatsoper - Van Horn, Christian". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Splendid cast gives Gounod his due in muddled "Faust" at Lyric Opera". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Opéra National de Paris 2020-21 Review: Faust". 26 March 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" (PDF). Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The show must go on: How L.A. Opera is pushing ahead as illness strikes cast". 30 March 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Les Contes d'Hoffmann in Munich 2015-03-31". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Woolfe, Zachary (9 November 2018). "Review: 'Mefistofele' at the Met Opera Is a Devil That Dances". The New York Times. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Christian Van Horn, Bass-Baritone". Opus 3 Artists. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (7 December 2013). "Robert Carsen's 'Falstaff,' at the Metropolitan Opera - The New York Times". The New York Times. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Transmission: Die Zauberflöte". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Adès' "Exterminating Angel" proves spellbinding in Met's American premiere". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Review: The Met Makes a Case for Mozart's Least-Loved Opera". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Review: The Searing Beauty of Kentridge's 'Wozzeck' at the Met". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Metropolitan Opera | Le Nozze di Figaro". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Metropolitan Opera | The Rake's Progress". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Review: Beethoven's Ninth a joy as L.A. Phil's Hollywood Bowl opener". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Review: The Philharmonic Makes Wagner's Gods Chillingly Human". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Concertgebouworkest: Stravinsky's Oedipus rex". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ ""CARMEN" WITH SIMON RATTLE, MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ AND JONAS KAUFMANN". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Cleveland Orchestra | 1/23/18 | Carnegie Hall". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Missa Solemnis (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "PODCAST | Christian Van Horn". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Richard Tucker Award". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Metropolitan Opera | Winners". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Metropolitan Opera National Council Winners" (PDF). Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sara Tucker Study Grant". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Carlson: Anna Karenina". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Joseph Summer - So Many Journeys Vocal & Song Piano Albany Records". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bizet - Magdalena Kožená, Jonas Kaufmann, Genia Kühmeier, Kostas Smoriginas, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle – Carmen (2015, CD)". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mozart — Le Nozze di Figaro – musicAeterna". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Albany Records: The Tempest: A Chamber Opera". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Puccini: La Bohème (Recorded Live at the Met January 14, 2017) [Live]". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Product Family | GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Tosca". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lucrezia Borgia". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ ""The Metropolitan Opera HD Live" Verdi: Falstaff (TV Episode 2013) - IMDb". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ ""The Metropolitan Opera HD Live" Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 American Symphony Orchestra". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Best of Klassik 2014 (Echo Klassick)". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Berlioz: Les Troyens (Live) Lyric Opera of Chicago and Sir Andrew Davis". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "VERDI: LUISA MILLER (2019 LIVE RECORDING)". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Faust | fracinema.com". Unknown parameter
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