Biography

ThThe Austrian bass Christoph Seidl was born in Weitra. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Ralf Döring, Florian Boesch and KS Robert Holl. He took part in master classes of Angelika Kirchschlager, Helmut Deutsch and Thomas Hampson and was a scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner association and won the Wolfgang Wagner prize winner of the Wagnerstimmen competition in Karlsruhe.
Since the season 2022/23 he is a member of the Ensemble of Oper Köln. His most important roles in Cologne are Sarastro, Osmin, Don Estoban (Der Zwerg) and Seneca (L’incoronazione di Poppea)
Earlier stations in his career were the Aalto Musiktheater in Essen (2020-22), the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich (2016-20), the Junges Ensemble at Theater an der Wien (2014-16) and the International Opera Studio of Opernhaus Zürich.
He performed as a guest at the Staatstheater Kassel, Sächsische Landesbühnen, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf and the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater.
Important roles are Sarastro, Osmin, Daland, Il Commendatore, Baculus (Der Wildschütz), Graf Waldner (Arabella), Fafner, Sparafucile or Alidoro.
Concerts brought him to venues in Russia (Bolshoi theatre Moscow), the United States (Lincoln Center NYC), China (various), Belgium (Palais deBeaux-arts), the Netherlands (Concertgebouw) and to many cities in German speaking countries (Brucknerhaus Linz, Philharmonie Essen, Philharmonie Köln, Herkulessaal Munich).
He was a member of the International Opera Studio of the Opernhaus Zürich in the 2013/14 season where he debuted a season earlier in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth from Mzensk.
In the summer of 2013 he was part of the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival, where he performend Osmin in a production of The Abduction from the Seraglio for children and as a Deputato in Verdi’s Don Carlo.
In his career he worked with conductors like Nello Santi, Antonio Pappano, Sebastian Weigle, Theodor Currentzis, Fabio Luisi, Thomas Hengelbrock, Bertrand de Billy, René Jacobs or Jean-Christophe Spinosi.
Beside the opera stage he enjoys singing oratorio and song recitals in different languages and styles, especially the German Lied.

Artist Website

www.christophseidl.at 

Management



Artist Manager
 
 
 
 
Natascha van Randenborgh
Associate Director
natascha@orlob.net 
Mobil: +49-173-7 76 88 20

Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

Bach, J.S. St. John Passion (Jesus)
  St. Matthew Passion (Jesus)
  Magnificat
  Mass in b minor
Beethoven 9. Symphony
Brahms Liebeslieder op. 52
  Neue Liebeslieder op. 65
Dvořák Mass in D
  Stabat Mater
Haydn, J. Große Mariazeller Messe in C-Dur
  Missa Sancti Nicolai
  Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo in B-Dur
  Stabat Mater
  Die Schöpfung (Raphael/Adam)
Haydn, M. Misaa Sancti Hieronymi
Hummel Große Messe in Es-Dur, op. 80
Kozłowski, J Requiem
Kronsteiner Johannespassion (Christus)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Paulus op. 36 (Paulus)
Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine
Mozart Mentre ti lascio figlia (Konzertarie)
  Requiem
  Missa brevis in B (Loretomesse)
  Missa brevis in G, KV 120 (Pastoralmesse)
  Messe in c - Moll, KV 139 (Waisenhausmesse)
  Messe in C, KV 220 (Spatzenmesse)
  Messe in C, KV 257 (Große Credomesse)
  Messe in C, KV 258 (Piccolominimesse)
  Messe in C, KV 259 (Orgelsolomesse)
  Messe in C, KV 317 (Krönungsmesse)
  Messe in C, KV 337 (Missa solemnis)
  Vesperae solennes de confessore
Rossini Stabat Mater
Salieri Requiem in c
Schubert, Ferdinand Messe in B-Dur, op. 13 "Hirtenmesse"
Schubert, Franz Die schöne Müllerin
  Messe in G-Dur, D 167
  Messe in C-Dur, D 452
  Messe in Es-Dur, D 950
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Verdi Messa da Requiem
 

Repertoire Opera

Beethoven Fidelio Rocco
    Don Ferrando
    2. Gefangener
Bellini La sonnambula Rodolfo
Berlioz Les Troyens Un chef grec
    L'ombre d'Hector
    Soldat Troyens
Britten Peter Grimes Hobson
Doderer Liliom Arzt
Donizetti Maria Stuarda Sir Giorgio Talbot
von Einem Dantons Tod Simon
Flotow Martha Richter
    Plumkett
Gassmann, F.L. Gli Uccelatori Pierotto
Giordano Andrea Chénier Maestro di casa
Händel Agrippina Lesbo
  Rinaldo Mago
  Semele Somnus
Lortzing Der Wildschütz Baculus
Martinu Alexandre Bis Portrait
Milhaud La Mère coupable Maître Fal
Monteverdi L'incoronazione di Poppea Mercurio
    Seneca
    Terzo famigliare di Seneca
Morse, T. Frau Schindler Quartiermeister Schneefeld
    Zugführer
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Antonio
    Bartolo
  Die Entführung aus dem Serail Osmin
  Idomeneo La Voce
  Don Giovanni Il Commendatore
    Masetto
  Die Zauberflöte Sarastro
    Sprecher
    2. Priester
    2. Geharnischter
Müller sen., A. Die schwarze Frau Sperber
Orff Die Kluge Bauer
Paisiello Il barbiere di Siviglia Notaro
    Svegliato
Poulenc Les Mamelles de Tirésias Presto
    Le Monsieur Barbu
Puccini Gianni Schicchi Simone
  La bohème Colline
  Tosca Sagrestano
Purcel King Arthur Bass
    Grimbald
    Pan
Ravel L'Heure Espagnol Don Inigo Gomez
Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia Basilio
  La Cenerentola Alidoro
Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Porter
    Policeman
Strauss, J. Die Fledermaus Gefängnisdirektor Frank
Strauss, R.  Arabella Graf Lamoral
    Graf Waldner
  Capriccio Der Haushofmeister
  Die Frau ohne Schatten Der Einarmige
  Salome 2. Soldat
    5. Jude
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Prince Gremin
    Zaretsky
Verdi Don Carlo Frate
    Sei deputati fiamminghi
  Macbeth Banco
  Rigoletto Sparafucile
    Monterone
  Otello Araldo
  Un ballo in maschera Samuel / Count Horn
    Tom / Count Ribbing
Wagner Der fliegende Holländer Daland
  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Hans Schwarz
  Lohengrin König Heinrich
    4. Edler
  Rheingold Fafner
  Siegfried Fafner
Weber Freischütz Eremit
Zemlinsky Der Zwerg Don Estoban

News

Toi Toi Toi! Premiere "FroSch" at Opera Cologne
Soprano Giulia Montanari and bass Christoph Seidl are back on stage together at  the Cologne Opera. This time in the premiere on September 17,  2023 of Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten under the musical direction of Marc Albrecht and staged by Katharina Thoma.
Giulia Montanari sings "The Falcon" and "The Guardian of the Threshold" and Christoph Seidl can be heard as "The One-Armed Man".

More info about the production:
www.oper.koeln/de/... 

Media

Press

 

Koslovsky Requiem / Esplanade Concert Hall Singapore / 10.04.23 / bachtrack.com


"imposing and imperious, his Confutatis maledictis coming on like a threat" 

Arabella / Aalto-Musiktheater Essen / 28.05.22 / omm.de


"...Christoph Seidl als klangschöner Graf Waldner." 

Das Rheingold / Philharmonie Köln / 20.11.21 / opernmagazin.de


"Die Riesen Fafner (bassgewaltig Christoph Seidl als durchsetzungsstarker Bauunternehmer)" 

La Bohème / Gärtnerplatztheater München / 10.05.19 / onlinemerker.com


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