Christopher Bolduc

Christopher Bolduc (born March 12, 1980) is an American operatic baritone. A national semi-finalist in the 2007 and 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, first prize winner in the 2009 Sullivan Foundation competition and 2011 recipient of a $50,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation, Bolduc made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2013 in Nico Muhly's opera Two Boys and currently sings leading roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America.

Early life and education Bolduc was born in Albany, New York, and graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase with a Bachelor of Music and from the Indiana University School of Music with both a Master of Music and honorary Performer's Certificate. He then attended the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia where he met his current voice teacher Bill Schuman. He apprenticed first with Santa Fe Opera before making professional debuts at Central City Opera, Palm Beach Opera and Fort Worth Opera. In 2010, Bolduc joined Theater Basel's Oper Avenir program which led to many opportunities in the European opera houses.

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Opera Role Opera Composer Demetrius A Midsummer Night's Dream Benjamin Britten Sid Albert Herring Benjamin Britten Billy Budd Billy Budd Benjamin Britten Malatesta Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti Belcore L'elisir d'amore Gaetano Donizetti Valentin Faust Charles Gounod Mercutio Roméo et Juliette Charles Gounod Marcello, Schaunard La bohème Giacomo Puccini Sharpless Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini Lescaut Manon Lescaut Giacomo Puccini Lescaut Manon Jules Massenet Albert Werther Jules Massenet Papageno Die Zauberflöte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Guglielmo Così fan tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Il Conte di Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ramiro L'heure espagnole Maurice Ravel Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia Gioachino Rossini Onegin Eugene Onegin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Robert Iolanta Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Yeletsky Pique Dame Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Gunther Götterdämmerung Richard Wagner Der Heerrufer des Königs Lohengrin Richard Wagner

Oratorio and sacred music Role Piece Composer Soloist Ein deutsches Requiem Johannes Brahms Soloist War Requiem Benjamin Britten Soloist Elijah Felix Mendelssohn Soloist Carmina Burana Carl Orff

Awards Grant Recipient, Annenberg Foundation, 2011 First Place, Sullivan Foundation, 2009 Second Place, El Concurso Internacional de Canto Julián Gayarre, 2008 Second Place, Gerda Lissner Foundation, 2008 First Place, Florida Grand Opera Competition, 2007