Christoph Genz
Christoph Genz ( born March 1, 1971 in Erfurt ) is a German classical singer (tenor ).
Life
Genz attended the Thomas School in Leipzig and was a member of the St. Thomas Boys'. He studied musicology at King's College, University of Cambridge. There he sang in the famous Choir of King 's College. He was singing student of Hans -Joachim Beyer at the Academy of Music in Leipzig and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
In 1995 he won the first prize at the International Singing Competition in Grimsby, in 1996 the first prize at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig. In the 1997/1998 season, he was a member of the Basel Theatre. He also made guest appearances at the Opéra de Nancy, the Théâtre de Champs- Elysées in Paris, the Opéra de Lausanne, the La Scala in Milan and the Semper Opera in Dresden.
2000 Genz debuted at the Hamburg State Opera, an ensemble he served from 2001 to 2004 and where he, among other things Tamino in The Magic Flute, Walther von der Vogelweide in Tannhäuser, Belmonte sang in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Oronte in Alcina and Chevalier in Dialogues of the Carmelites. In the 2006-2007 season he sang in the house on Dammtorstrasse the tenor part in Neumeier's ballet after Mozart's Requiem. In October 2007 he made his debut with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
Genz occurred at concerts, recitals and opera productions in Europe, Africa and the USA. He picked up at festivals such as the Vienna Festival and the Lucerne Festival, the Festival d'Aix -au -Provence, the Schleswig -Holstein Music Festival and the Sviatoslav Richter Festival in Moscow. Among the conductors with whom he has sung include Herbert Blomstedt, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Marcus Creed, Ton Koopman, Kuijken Sigiswald, Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Schreier.
Genz is soloist on recordings of numerous cantatas (including under John Eliot Gardiner ) and the St. John Passion ( under Güttler ) by Bach, Symphony Cantata Canticle of Mendelssohn Bartholdy ( under Helmuth Rilling ) and the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss ( under Giuseppe Sinopoli ).