Christian Sturm
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Christian Sturm (* January 18, 1978) is a German tenor.
[edit] Life
He began his training as a singer at the University of music and dramatic arts in Graz, Austria, before moving to the University of music and performing arts in Munich, studying firstly with Joseph Loibl and then Daphne Evangelatos.
His operatic début was as Acis in Händels Acis and Galatea on the steps of the Pergamon Altar in Berlin. He has sung in numerous productions at the Prinzregententheater and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich: Purcell's King Arthur (Production - Claus Guth), Handel's Rodrigo - Giuliano - and Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Lysander - , Cavallis La Didone - Aeneas - and most recently Belfiore in Mozart's Gärtnerin aus Liebe (production, Christian Pöppelreiter).
His repertoire extends from Agostino Steffani and Johann Simon Mayr to Wagner and Korngold, as well as the world premiere of operas for the ADevantgarde Festival (A•Devantgarde) in Munich. Recordings include Steffani's Stabat Mater and Le Triomphe de la Paix by Pietro Torri.
[edit] Roles
- Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Tamino (The Magic Flute)
- Idamante (Idomeneo)
- Belfiore (La finta giardiniera)
- Froh (Das Rheingold)
- Alfred (Die Fledermaus)
- Fuchs (The Little Prince)
- Acis (Acis and Galatea)
- Giuliano (Rodrigo)
- Sesto (Giulio Cesare)
- Cocle (Die stumme Serenade)
- Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas)
- Aeneas (La Didone)
- Jamie (The Last Five Years)
