Christopher Tonkin
Christopher Tonkin is an Australian operatic baritone.
Early Life and Education[edit]
Christopher Tonkin was born in Geelong, Australia and studied at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne and the Royal Academy of Music, London.[1] He learned from British tenor Gerald English and Raymond Connell.[2]
Career[edit]
Christopher Tonkin made his operatic debut in the title role of Melbourne Opera’s 2005 production of Don Giovanni.[1]
For Opera Australia, Tonkin has performed numerous productions, most notably as Marcello in the Gale Edwards AM production of La bohème[3] (reprised for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2018) and The Count in John Cox’s production of Capriccio alongside Cheryl Barker AO and Michael Lewis OAM.[4] Early in his career, Tonkin sang the role of Novice’s Friend in Billy Budd for Opera Australia under the baton of Richard Hickox CBE, performing with British tenor Philip Langridge CBE, New Zealand bass baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Australian helden baritone John Wegner.[1]
Tonkin was a permanent member of the Staatsoper Hannover ensemble as baritone soloist from 2010-2016. During that time he performed many roles including Count Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Pollux in Rameau’s Castor et Pollux, Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Harlekin in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Valentin in Gounod’s Faust, Demetrius in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hans in Zemlinsky’s Der Traumgörge and Silvio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci alongside tenor José Cura.[1]
Christopher received a Green Room Award nomination in 2008 for his portrayal of Belcore in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love which he performed with Victorian Opera.[5]
In 2010, Tonkin participated in the Adelaide Festival in La Fura dels Baus’ multi-award winning production[6] of Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre as the Black Minister.[7]
Christopher Tonkin has sung as soloist with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra several times including Handel’s Messiah (also with Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Chichester Cathedral), Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, as well as Le Chat and L'horloge comtoise in a concert version of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges alongside soprano Sumi Jo.[2]
Whilst at the Royal Academy of Music opera studio, Tonkin sang under the baton of Sir Colin Davis CH CBE and direction of John Copley CBE as well as conductors Anthony Legge, Laurence Cummings and Steuart Bedford OBE.[1]
In 2015, Tonkin was bass soloist in the Lucerne Festival for their performance of Graun’s Der Tod Jesu.[8]
Tonkin has been broadcast a number of times on radio stations including BBC3, ABC, NDR and SRF2.[8][9]
Opera Roles Highlights[edit]
- Marcello, La bohème (Puccini)[1]
- Ping, Turandot (Puccini)[1]
- Il Conte, Le nozze di figaro (Mozart)[1]
- Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Mozart)[1]
- Guglielmo, Così fan tutte (Mozart)[1]
- Pollux, Castor et Pollux (Rameau)[10]
- Der Graf, Capriccio (Strauss)[1]
- Valentin, Faust (Gounod)[1]
- Chou En-lai, Nixon in China (Adams)[11]
- Demetrius, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten)[1]
- Hans, Der Traumgörge (Zemlinsky)[1]
- Sam, Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)[12]
External Links[edit]
- Offical website
- Christopher Tonkin on Facebook
- Profile at Arts Management
- Profile at Opera Australia
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "Christopher Tonkin | Opera Australia". opera.org.au. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-10-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Christopher Tonkin". Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ↑ Parris, Simon (2018-11-08). "Opera Australia: La Bohème review [Melbourne 2018]". Simon Parris: Man in Chair. Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Suspended 'tween expectation and consummation". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ↑ "Green Room Award Nominations 2008". www.australianstage.com.au. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Barcelona, CÉSAR LÓPEZ ROSELL / (2012-10-10). "'Le gran macabre' acapara los principales premios de la crítica de ópera". elperiodico (in español). Archived from the original on 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Le Grand Macabre". www.adelaidenow.com.au. 2010-03-01. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Die andere Passionsmusik (in Deutsch), Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF, 2015-04-03, archived from the original on 2018-08-17, retrieved 2019-10-09 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "BBC - (none) - Discovering Music - The Marriage of Figaro". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Pure Liebe, purer Schmerz". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine (in Deutsch). Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Digital, Carter (2019-10-09). "Victorian Opera". Victorian Opera. Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "PAST PRODUCTIONS". Lost and Found Opera. Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Unknown parameter
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