Christopher Maltman

Maltman makes several anticipated role debuts in the 24/25 season: Hans Sachs Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Staatsoper Berlin; Jupiter in a new production of Strauss’ Die liebe von der Danae at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Sharpless Madama Butterfly at the Opéra national de Paris; and Escamillo Carmen at the Wiener Staatsoper. Another important highlight is his return as Wotan in the second instalment of Barrie Kosky’s new Ring Cycle, Die Walküre at the Royal Ballet & Opera; and Jochanaan Salome at the Staatsoper Hamburg. On the concert platform, Maltman performs in Mahler 8 at the Wiener Konzerthaus; Beethoven 9 with the Münchner Philharmoniker and Schubert’s Winterreise with Audrey Saint-Gil at the Oxford International Song Festival.

Last season saw him sing the on the iconic roles of Wotan Das Rheingold at the Royal Ballet & Opera; and Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca at the Staatsoper Berlin. He also appeared as Don Alfonso Così fan tutte, in a new production by Barrie Kosky and as Leporello Don Giovanni, both at Wiener Staatsoper; and Iago Otello at Bayerische Staatsoper. On the concert platform, Maltman joined Antwerp Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kevin John Edusei for Zemlinksy’s Lyric Symphony; Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Harding for Mahler Symphony No.8; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Ivor Bolton for Bach St Matthew Passion; Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins for Elgar The Dream of Gerontius and a recital with pianist Audrey Saint Gil at Oxford International Song Festival.

Other recent engagements include Leporello Don Giovanni at the Royal Ballet & Opera; Count di Luna Il Trovatore at Washington National Opera; Amfortas Parsifal at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; Ford Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera; Wotan Die Walküre at the Teatro di San Carlo; Rigoletto at Staatsoper Berlin; and Mandryka Arabella at Wiener Staatsoper. Maltman’s concert appearances included Brahm’s Ein deutches Requiem with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andreas Delfs and Zemlinsky Eine florentinische Tragödie with Münchner Rundfunkorchester under the baton on Patrick Hahn.

Further concert highlights have included the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Conlon at the Ravinia Festival, Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, Philharmonia Orchestra and Christoph von Dohnanyi, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Adams, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle, Tadaaki Otaka, Valery Gergiev and Sir Colin Davis, Concentus Musicus Wien with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala and Daniel Harding, Dresden Staatskapelle and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Boston Symphony and James Conlon and Sir Colin Davis, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen, New York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur, and the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst.

Following his degree in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick, Maltman studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music. His breakthrough performance came when he won the Lieder Prize in the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. He remains a renowned interpreter of Lieder and song. His vast and varied discography includes John Corigliano’s Grammy award-winning Ghost of Versailles from Los Angeles Opera. In 2023, Erato released Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette & Cléopâtre featuring Maltman with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, led by John Nelson.