Biography
The Austrian bass Christoph Seidl studied under Ralf Döring, Robert Hall, and Florian Bösch at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and took master courses with Angelika Kirchschlager, Thomas Hampson und Helmut Deutsch. He also was a scholarship holder in 2011 at the Richard Wagner Verband. At the 2018 competition of „Wagner-Stimmen“, he was bestowed with the 2nd award.His opera debut was a new production of Shostakovich's „Lady Macbeth von Mzensk“ at Opernhaus Zürich, after which he was permanently employed at the Opernstudio in Zurich for the season of 2013/14. Christoph Seidl debuted as a member of the Young Singers Project 2013 in Salzburg as Osmin/ Entführung aus dem Serail (a shortened version for children) at the Salzburger Festspiele. Furthermore, he played as Deputato/ Don Carlo at the Große Festpielhaus.
In 2014 he relocated to the Junge Ensemble des Theaters an der Wien, where he, amongst other things, sang as Gremlin at the Wiener Kammeroper and took on several roles at the Große Haus. During this time he established himself as a song and concert singer, as well as in the area of Church Music with a large repertoire that incompasses Hadyn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and contemporary repertoire. Concerts also brought him to Brussels (Palais des Beux Arts „Bozar“), Moscow (Bolshio) and New York (Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC).
From 2016 to 2020 Christoph Seidl was part of the ensemble at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich where he embodied roles such as Sarastro/ Die Zauberflöte, Commendatore/ Don Giovanni, Baculus/ Der Wildschütz, Alidoro/ La Cenerentola, Sparafucile/ Rigoletto or Colline/ La Bohème. Playing the role of Bacalus/ Der Wildschütz he featured at the Staatstheater Kassel and was to be heard at the Theater an der Wien as Hans Bast in „Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn“ by Carl Maria von Weber.
Christoph Seidl has worked with conductors such as Nello Santo, Fabio Luisi, Sebastian Weigle, Theodor Currentztis, Antonio Pappano, René Jacobs, Thomas Hangelbrock and Bertrand de Billy, as well as directors such as Claus Guth, Andreas Homoki, Robert Carson, Peter Stein, Tatjana Gürbaca, Herbert Föttinger and Michael Sturminger.
During the season of 2020/2021 Seidl relocated to the Aalto Theater Essen, where he already was meant to debut as a guest in the role of Bartolo in Le Nozze de Figaro*. In the past season he was to be heard in Essen portraying roles such as Eremit/ Freischütz, Simone/ Trittico, Commendatore/ Don Giovanni and Graf Waldner/ Arabella.
Before his debut at Oper Köln for this season, Christoph Seidl also celebrates another important Wagner role debut as Daland/ Fliegender Holländer at the Felsenbühne in Rathen. At the Oper Köln he is going to expand his repertoire with roles such as Trojanischer Soldat/ Les Troyens, Don Estoban/ Der Zwerg, Osmin/ Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Alidoro/ La Cenerentola. In this season he stays in Essen as a guest performer with one of his best roles Graf Waldner/ Arabella. He is part of the project WAGNER-LESARTEN and in the RING as Fafner under the baton of Kent Nagano. The first concerts took place at the Kölner Philharmonie and at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in November 2021.
*cancelled due to corona
Artist Website
www.christophseidl.atManagement
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) |
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 Messer 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 |
Kronsteiner | Johannespassion (Christus) |
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Paulus op. 36 (Paulus) |
Monteverdi | Vespro della Beata Vergine |
Mozart | Mentre ti lasco 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 | ||
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 | Rinaldo | Mago |
Semele | Somnus | |
Agrippina | Lesbo | |
Lortzing | Der Wildschütz | Baculus |
Martinu | Alexandre bis | Portrait |
Milhaud | La Mère coupable | Maître Fal |
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 |
Ravel | L'heure Espagnol | Don Inigo Gomez |
Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Basilio |
La Cenerentola | Alidoro | |
Shostakovich | Lady Macbeth von Mzensk | Hausknecht |
Polizist | ||
Strauss, J. | Die Fledermaus | Gefängnisdirektor Frank |
Strauss, R. | Arabella | Graf Lamoral |
Graf Waldner | ||
Capriccio | Der Haushofmeister | |
Salome | 2. Soldat | |
5. Jude | ||
Tchaikovsky | Eugen Onegin | Gremin |
Saretzky | ||
Verdi | Macbeth | Banco |
Don Carlo | Sei deputati flamminghi | |
Rigoletto | Sparafucile | |
Monterone | ||
Otello | Araldo | |
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

New arrivals at BOM and Oper Köln
We are delighted that Giulia Montanari soprano and Christoph Seidl bass, are our newcomers this season and at the same time newcomers to the soloist ensemble of the Cologne Opera. They can be seen together on stage in Cologne in the season premieres of Les Troyens (Berlioz) under Francois-Xavier Roth directed by Johannes Erath and La Cenerentola under Matteo Beltrami directed by Cecilia Ligorio, as well as in the revival of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio.Premiere: Les Troyens 24/09/2022
Premiere: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (revival) 08/10/2022
Premiere: La Cenerentola 17/12/2022

New to General Management
We are very happy to welcome Austrian bass Christoph Seidl to our GM.
Christoph Seidl is moving from the Aalto Musiktheater Essen to the Cologne Opera at the beginning of this season. In Essen he was able to expand his repertoire with roles such as Eremit/ Freischütz, Komtur/ Don Giovanni, Mönch/ Don Carlo, Simone/ Il Trittico and Count Waldner/ Arabella, before taking on important new roles at the Cologne Opera, such as the Trojan Soldier/ Les Troyens , Don Estoban/ The Dwarf, Osmin/ The Abduction from the Seraglio and Alidoro / La Cenerentola.
In this season he stays in Essen as a guest with one of his brilliant roles Graf Waldner/Arabella. Christoph Seidl is currently celebrating another important Wagner role debut as Daland/Flying Dutchman on the Felsenbühne in Rathen, most recently he has already been extremely successful as Fafner in the "Wagner-Lesarten" project for Wagner's RING im Rheingold, the concerts took place in autumn 2021 the Kölner Philharmonie and in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Concerto Köln and conducted by Kent Nagano.
Christoph Seidl is moving from the Aalto Musiktheater Essen to the Cologne Opera at the beginning of this season. In Essen he was able to expand his repertoire with roles such as Eremit/ Freischütz, Komtur/ Don Giovanni, Mönch/ Don Carlo, Simone/ Il Trittico and Count Waldner/ Arabella, before taking on important new roles at the Cologne Opera, such as the Trojan Soldier/ Les Troyens , Don Estoban/ The Dwarf, Osmin/ The Abduction from the Seraglio and Alidoro / La Cenerentola.
In this season he stays in Essen as a guest with one of his brilliant roles Graf Waldner/Arabella. Christoph Seidl is currently celebrating another important Wagner role debut as Daland/Flying Dutchman on the Felsenbühne in Rathen, most recently he has already been extremely successful as Fafner in the "Wagner-Lesarten" project for Wagner's RING im Rheingold, the concerts took place in autumn 2021 the Kölner Philharmonie and in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Concerto Köln and conducted by Kent Nagano.
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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."
Arabella / Aalto-Musiktheater Essen / 15.05.22 / wr.de
"Christoph Seidl mit sonorem Bass (und Wiener Zungenschlag) wäre sicherlich auch ein idealer Baron Ochs"
Il Trittico / Aalto-Musiktheater Essen / 23.01.22 / wr.de
"Kleine Rolle, große Stimme: Der wendige Bass von Christoph Seidl berechtigt zu den schönsten Hoffnungen"
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
"Eine Synthese aus verinnerlichtem Gesang und Darstellung"