Christine Obermayr

Countess Christine Esterházy von Galántha (née Obermayr; born 30 May 1959) is a German opera singer and mezzo-soprano. She made her professional debut as Carmen at the Theater Ulm in Baden-Württemberg. Trained by Eduard Wollitz and Josef Metternich, she has performed at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz and the Vienna Volksoper.

Early life and education Esterházy was born Christine Obermayr on 30 May 1959 in Wiesbaden, Hesse.

She studied musicology and politics at the University of Mainz. She studied classical singing under Eduard Wollitz and Josef Metternich. She received a doctorate from the University of Salzburg in 1999. She has also performed at opera houses in Luxembourg, Bayreuth, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Bonn, Turin, Madrid, Naples, and Barcelona.

Personal life In 1994 she married Count Endre Esterházy von Galántha, a member of the Hungarian nobility.