Univ.-Prof.
Christoph Strehl
Born in Lübeck, tenor Christoph Strehl is one of the most versatile singers of his generation. His international career has taken him to major opera festivals as well as to many of the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. Since 2013, he has devoted himself intensively to the training and promotion of young singers as Professor of Voice at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.
Christoph Strehl studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen with Soto Papulkas and privately with Silvana Bazzoni-Bartoli in Zurich. He also participated in masterclasses with Axel Bauni, Norman Shetler, Josef Metternich, Gianni Raimondi and Claude Thiolas.
In 2002 he joined the ensemble of the Opernhaus Zürich, where he performed for nine years. In 2003 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Don Ottavio under Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
An international career as a Mozart tenor has since taken him to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Geneva, Hamburg, Madrid, Munich and Paris, as well as to the Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House, and the Metropolitan Opera, and to the festivals of Aix-en-Provence, Baden-Baden, Lucerne and Vienna.
Alongside an active concert career, he regularly appears in recital with pianists including Helmut Deutsch and Pauliina Tukiainen. He sang Tamino in Claudio Abbado’s CD recording of The Magic Flute and has collaborated with conductors such as Gianluca Capuana, William Christie, Christoph von Dohnányi, Diego Fasolis, Ádám Fischer, Daniele Gatti, Bernard Haitink, Philippe Herreweghe, James Levine, Marc Minkowski and Franz Welser-Möst, as well as with directors including Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Dieter Dorn, Claus Guth, Stefan Herheim, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Martin Kušej, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Christof Loy, Damiano Michieletto, Tobias Moretti and Katharina Thalbach.
His repertoire includes Rodolfo, Don José, Schuiskij, Pollione and Eisenstein. In 2019, he appeared as Oronte in Handel’s Alcina, opposite Cecilia Bartoli in her celebrated portrayal of the title role. In 2021 he made his Venice debut at the Teatro Malibran in the title role of Vivaldi’s Il Farnace.
Numerous CD and DVD recordings document his artistic work.