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Winner of the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Christopher Maltman read biochemistry at Warwick University and studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music. His concert engagements have included the Philharmonia Orchestra with von Dohnanyi, BBC Symphony Orchestra with John Adams, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Sir Roger Norrington, London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle, Concentus Musicus Vienna with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Dresden Staatskapelle with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Boston Symphony Orchestra with James Conlon, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Kurt Masur. He has recorded the Vaughan Williams 'Serenade to Music' for Decca; Warlock, Holst and Somervell songs for Collins Classics; and he took part in Deutsche Grammophon's complete Beethoven Folk Song project. His recording of Schumann's 'Dichterliebe' for Hyperion was released to tremendous critical acclaim and he has recently recorded Schumann's 'Liederkreis', Op.24, with Graham Johnson, a Debussy album with Malcolm Martineau and a disc of English songs with Roger Vignoles. On film, he has appeared in John Adams' award-winning 'The Death of Klinghoffer'.
Christopher Maltman has appeared in recital at the Edinburgh, Brighton, Bath, Buxton, Lichfield, City of London, Harrogate, Arundel and Cheltenham Festivals, at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Gulbenkian in Lisbon, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Philharmonie in Köln and in New York at both Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center. He is a regular guest at the Wigmore Hall and the Schubertiade Festival.
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Christopher
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He has recently made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York as Harlequin ('Ariadne auf Naxos'). At the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, he created the role of Sebastian in the world premiere of Thomas Adès' 'The Tempest' and has also sung Guglielmo ('Così fan tutte'). Other opera appearances include Figaro ('Il barbiere di Siviglia') at the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin, Tarquinius ('The Rape of Lucretia') at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Laurent ('Therese Raquin') at San Diego Opera, Tarquinius and Guglielmo at English National Opera and the title role in Billy Budd at Welsh National Opera, Teatro Regio in Turin and in Seattle. His roles at the Glyndebourne Festival include Ned Keene ('Peter Grimes'), Sid ('Albert Herring'), Figaro ('Le nozze di Figaro') and his role debut as Papageno ('Die Zauberflöte'). Future engagements include returns to Covent Garden as Nardo ('La finta giardiniera') and Malatesta ('Don Pasquale'), Guglielmo in Seattle, Rossini's Figaro in San Diego and Papageno in San Francisco.