{{short description|British operatic baritone (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Christopher Maltman | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|02|06|df=y}} | birth_place = Cleethorpes, England | death_date = | death_place = | education = Royal Academy of Music | occupation = Baritone | organization = The Royal Opera | awards = }} '''Christopher Maltman''' (born 6 February 1970)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/ef9648ce-1db1-4ee0-8d81-dae27d65235e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004065055/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/ef9648ce-1db1-4ee0-8d81-dae27d65235e |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2013 |title=Christopher Maltman |date=2020 |website=BBC Music |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 August 2020 }}</ref> 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 ''Œdipe'' 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,<ref>{{cite news |last=Service |first=Tom |date=25 January 2008 |title='I'm a musical thicky, me' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jan/25/classicalmusicandopera |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=15 August 2020 }}</ref> and was educated at Warwick University where he received a degree in Biochemistry. He subsequently studied music at the Royal Academy of Music<ref name="ROH" /> and trained at British Youth Opera.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Christiansen |first=Rupert |date=2015-09-10 |title=British Youth Opera: Footlights Fannies not welcome |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/british-youth-opera-footlights-fannies-not-welcome/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In 1997 he received the Lieder Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.<ref name="Salzburg" /> He made his debut with The Royal Opera in 1997 and has since sung over fifteen principal roles there including Don Carlo di Vargas in Verdi's ''La forza del destino'', Conte di Luna in ''Il trovatore'', Enrico in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', Papageno in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte'', Count Almaviva in ''Le nozze di Figaro'', Guglielmo in ''Così fan tutte'', the Forester in Janacek's ''The Cunning Little Vixen'', and Lescaut in Puccini's ''Manon Lescaut''. He has entered an international career in the great opera houses of Europe and North America specialising in Italian dramatic baritone repertoire, especially the role of Verdi's Rigoletto,<ref name="ROH"/> but also Rodrigo in ''Don Carlo'', the title role of Simon Boccanegra, Ford in ''Falstaff'', and Guy de Montfort in ''Les Vêpres siciliennes''.<ref name="Salzburg" />
Maltman appeared at the Salzburg Festival in the title role of Enescu's ''Œdipe'' in 2019.<ref name="Salzburg" /> In 2020, he performed first the role of Jochanaan in ''Salome'' by Richard Strauss, at the Oper Frankfurt, directed by Barrie Kosky and conducted by Joana Mallwitz, alongside Ambur Braid in the title role. A reviewer noted his firm but lyrical voice.<ref name="Richter" />
He married Audrey Saint-Gil, a French conductor and pianist, in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=lebrecht |first=norman |date=13 August 2021 |title=Social and personal: Conductor weds baritone |url=https://slippedisc.com/2021/08/social-and-personal-conductor-weds-baritone/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=Slippedisc |language=en}}</ref>
== 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''.<ref name="Signum" />
Maltman has taken part in several broadcast performances later issued on video, and appeared as Mozart's Don Giovanni in the 2009 Kasper Holten film ''Juan''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221215164637/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d7979a4 BFI entry for the Danish/Hungarian production Juan] accessed 14 December 2022.</ref>
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
== References == <references>
<ref name="Richter">{{cite web | last = Richter | first = Alexandra | url = https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/kritik-salome-kosky-mallwitz-braid-maltman-oper-frankfurt-maerz-2020 | title = Psychopathia Sexualis: Barrie Koskys Salome an der Oper Frankfurt | website = bachtrack.com | date = 2023 | language = de | access-date = 23 February 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="ROH">{{cite web | title = Christopher Maltman | url = http://www.roh.org.uk/people/christopher-maltman | publisher = Royal Opera House | access-date = 17 June 2020 }}</ref>
<ref name="Salzburg">{{cite web | url = https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/en/a/chistopher-maltman | title = Christopher Maltman | publisher = Salzburg Festival | date = 2023 | access-date = 23 February 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="Signum">{{cite web | url = https://signumrecords.com/product-category/artists/christopher-maltman/ | title = Christopher Maltman | publisher = Signum Records | date = 2023 | access-date = 23 February 2023 }}</ref>
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