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Christopher Maltman

b. 1970

British operatic baritone

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Born 1970. Christopher Maltman is a British singer and opera singer.

Christopher Maltman (born 6 February 1970) is a British operatic baritone who has appeared internationally. He has sung many leading roles first at the Royal Opera House, the title role of Enescu's Å’dipe at the Salzburg Festival, and Jochanaan in Salome by Richard Strauss at the Oper Frankfurt. He made many recordings of song repertoire.

Life and career Maltman was born in Cleethorpes, and was educated at Warwick University where he received a degree in Biochemistry. He subsequently studied music at the Royal Academy of Music In 1997 he received the Lieder Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

Recordings Maltman recorded Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music, and participated in a project to record all of Beethoven Folk Songs. He recorded Schumann's Dichterliebe and Liederkreis, Op. 24, with pianist Graham Johnson, a Debussy album with pianist Malcolm Martineau, and English songs with Roger Vignoles. He appeared in a film of John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer.

In 2023, he records Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette with Joyce DiDonato, Cyrille Dubois, le Choeur de l'OnR, l'Orchestre philarmonique de Strasbourg, conducted by John Nelson. 2 CD Warner classics 2023. Choc de Classica

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Royal Academy of Music, King Edward VI Grammar School

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Who is Christopher Maltman?

British operatic baritone

When was Christopher Maltman born?

Christopher Maltman was born on 7 February 1970 in Cleethorpes.

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Christopher Maltman is a singer and opera singer.

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Christopher Maltman is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Christopher Maltman

· Wikidata: Q1086831

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