CHRISTOPHER HOCHSTUHL
Tenor
Christopher Hochstuhl
Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Hochstuhl is an American lyric tenor quickly establishing himself in the German State Opera System as an engaging soloist. Highlights of the 2023/24 season include his debut at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden performing as Il Tempo in Händel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. Highlights of the 2022/23 season include performances as Heinrich der Schreiber in Wagner's Tannhäuser at Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Amida in Cavalli's L'Ormindo with Ensemble Mattiacis in Berlin open-air performances in collaboration with the Germany Embassy and Moroccan National Theater, and Edoardo in Donizetti's Un giorno di regno at Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen.
Mr. Hochstuhl is a recent alumnus of the NRW Opernstudio, where he performed as an ensemble soloist with the state opera houses in Essen, Dortmund, Wuppertal, and Gelsenkirchen. Highlights of the 2021/22 season include Orpheus in Gelsenkirchen's Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Offenbach) and Pontius Pilate/Annas in Wuppertal's Jesus Christ Superstar. Mr. Hochstuhl was also to be seen in Essen's productions of Il trittico as Venditore di Canzioni, Don Carlo as Il Conte di Lerma, and La bohème as Parpignol. He also appeared in concert with the Oper Dortmund. In December of 2019, Mr. Hochstuhl made his German principal debut singing the lead tenor role of Pilot in Stadttheater Gießen's new baroque pastiche Glaube.Liebe.Abschied.
Mr. Hochstuhl has also performed with professional opera companies and festivals across the United States. Mr. Hochstuhl was scheduled to give his debut with Opera Wilmington (North Carolina) as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte in the summers of 2020/2021 (twice postponed due to the COVID pandemic). In the winter of 2019, Mr. Hochstuhl was seen with the Sarasota Opera, performing several concerts in the cities of Sarasota, Venice, and Bradenton as Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Florindo (Mascagni's Le maschere), and Orphée (Orphée aus enfers). He also made appearances in Sarasota Opera's Turandot, Die Zauberflöte, and Nabucco. In the summer of 2019, Mr. Hochstuhl gave his debut with Teatro Nuovo covering the roles of Giannetto and Isacco in Rossini's La gazza ladra. Mr. Hochstuhl also performed the tenor solo in movement 9 of Rossini's Stabat Mater, La gazza in La gazza ladra, and appeared in Bellini's La straniera.
Additional credits of earlier seasons include Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore with Boise's Opera Idaho (covering mainstage and performing the role 38x in an outreach tour across the state) and soloing in a series of concerts in the cities of Boise, McCall, and Pocatello, Lucano and Liberto Capitano in Montevedi's L'incoronazione di Poppea with Opernfest Berlin, Oronte in Händel's Alcina as a professional fellow in the Hawai’i Performing Arts Festival, and performances with the New York City Opera in Rameau's Pygmalion and the American premiere of Wuorinen’s Brokeback Mountain. Mr. Hochstuhl has also performed at the Bel Canto Festival at Caramoor (NY) appearing in Bellini's Il pirata and concerts of bel canto songs and opera in both the Venetian Theater and Spanish Cortile under the baton of William Crutchfield, the Houston Music Festival in a concert of bel canto arias, and the Arezzo Opera Festival performing Oronte in Händel's Alcina in an open-air performance at the Badia delle Santa Flora e Lucia in Arezzo, Italy.
An active concert soloist, Mr. Hochstuhl debuted with the Princeton Pro Musica as tenor soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music in Princeton University's Richardson Auditorium. Additional concert soloist credits include Handel's Messiah; Mozart's Requiem with the Saint Paul’s Episcopal Orchestra in Wilmington, NC; and J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion and Johannes-Passion with the Saint Peter’s Lutheran Period Orchestra (NYC). Mr. Hochstuhl has also premiered 3 new-work commissions as tenor soloist: The Courtship by Valingieri with AnticoModerno in the First Lutheran Church of Boston, Mass by Fitzmartin with the Philadelphia Sinfonia in Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center (Philaldephia), and Lux Notcis by Sedek with the New Jersey Choral Arts Society.
Mr. Hochstuhl’s second passion in life is teaching classical and musical theatre solo singing. He maintains a private studio between performances and is also on the voice faculty of the college preparatory division of Rowan University. Many of Mr. Hochstuhl’s students are now pursuing professional music degrees in musical theatre and voice performance at universities across the United States. Amongst acceptances to several programs, recent alumni of the studio are studying musical theatre at Boston University, Rider University, the University of Tampa, James Madison University, and The College of New Jersey. Students of classical singing have studied at the Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ) and Montclair University. High School students are performing leading roles in their high schools’ musicals and regional theatre programs with the Broadway Theatre of Pitman, the Paper Mill Playhouse, the McCarter Theatre, and the Count Basie Theatre. Additionally, students have placed in competitions such as NJ NATS, and have received awards from their regional theaters. Videos of students’ performances from Mr. Hochstuhl’s studio are available on the studio page of this website.
Having completed a focus in voice pedagogy with the Westminster Choir College, Mr. Hochstuhl has presented his original research on patterns of resonance and vowel modification below the treble primo passaggio, titled “Singing in the Basement”, at the 2017 Voice Foundation (Philadelphia), World Voice Day (Princeton), Gender & Sexuality Studies Colloquium (Rider University), and the Independent Scholarship and Creative Activities Presentations (Rider University). Mr. Hochstuhl completed his first publication in 2015 for his writing on gender transgression and masculinity in the music of female Disney Villains, “Poor Unfortunate Gender Stereotypes”, published by W.W. Norton & Company on The Avid Listener.
Prior to dedicating himself to professional voice studies at university, Mr. Hochstuhl contemplated a career as a professional flutist and was accepted to Indiana University’s BM in Flute Performance program. His flute teachers were Christine Hansen and Adeline Tomasone (Opera Philadelphia, principal flutist). Mr. Hochstuhl still enjoys performing as a flutist on occasion. He has recorded on the Naxos Label in the CD “Carolae: Music for Christmas” featuring the music of James Whitbourn, James Jordan, and the Williamson Voices. This CD was nominated for preliminary voting for a GRAMMY in Best Choral Performance.
Mr. Hochstuhl is an alumnus of the Westminster Choir College, having completed both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees under the tutelage of tenor Charles Walker. At Westminster, Mr. Hochstuhl was repeatedly featured in the college's opera company and art song festivals. He also served as the graduate assistant of voice pedagogy, overseeing student/faculty research, and working with students to assimilate theoretical concepts studied in voice science into practical application in their own singing and teaching through the Presser Voice Laboratory. Mr. Hochstuhl has also completed additional coursework in Speech-Language Pathology and the the general & medical sciences including general and organic chemistry, human anatomy & physiology, general and micro biology, and medical terminology.
Performances
Folle dunque tu sola presumi from Händel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Folle dunque tu sola presumi from Händel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Ciel e terra armi di sdegno
È un folle, è un ville affetto from Handel's Alcina - Hawaii Performing Arts Festival
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
CONTACT
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SCHEDULE
2025 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Bay Atlantic Symphony and presents Haydn's Missa in angustiis (Nelson Mass)
Tenor soloist
March 16th at 2:00pm
Stockton Performing Arts Center
Stockton, New Jersey
Bay Atlantic Symphony and presents Haydn's Missa in angustiis (Nelson Mass)
Tenor soloist
March 15th at 7:00pm
Pfleeger Concert Hall at Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey
2024 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Staatstheater Wiesbaden presents Handel's Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno
Performing the role of Il tempo
as part of the 2024 Internationale Maifestspiele
with Ensemble Mattiacis
May 14th at 7:30pm
Stadtheater Wiesbaden Foyer Große Haus
Wiesbaden, Deutschland
2023 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Musiktheater Im Revier presents Verdi's Un giorno di regno
Performing the role of Edoardo
June 9th
June 11th at 6:00pm
June 18th at 4:00pm
MiR Großes Haus
Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia
Performing the role of Oloferno Vitellozzo
Jan. 5th at 7:30pm
Jan 14th at 7:00pm
Feb. 4th at 7:00pm
Feb. 15th at 7:30pm
Mar. 10th at 7:30pm
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
2022 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents The Beauty of (Dis-)Obedience
with music by Benjamin Britten
Dec. 18th at 21:00
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia
Performing the role of Oloferno Vitellozzo
Nov. 26th at 7:00pm
Nov. 30th at 7:30pm
Dec. 12th at 4pm
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents Mehrmusik Liederabend
Oct. 10th
Aalto Musiktheater Essen Foyer
Essen, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents Wagner's Tannhäuser
performing the role of Heinrich der Schreiber
Sept. 24th
Sept. 28th
Oct. 1st
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
Ensemble Mattiacis presents Cavalli's L'Ormindo
performing the role of Amida
Aug. 24th at 9:00pm
Circle of Cultures - Forum der Kulturen zu Fragen der eit e.V.
Berlin Schöneberg
Musiktheater im Revier presents Henze's Das Wundertheater and Hartmann's Wachsfigurenkabinett
performing the role of Chanfalla (Wundertheater)
various (Wachsfigurenkabinett)
May 26th at 6:00pm
May 29th at 6:00pm
June 23 at 7:30pm
June 24 at 7:30pm
Kleines Haus
Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland
Oper Wuppertal presents Jesus Christ Superstar
performing the roles of Pontius Pilate and Annas
March 24th at 7:30pm
March 25th at 7:30pm
June 8th at 7:30pm
June 9th at 7:30pm
June 10th at 7:30pm
Oper Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents Don Carlo
performing the role of Conte di Lerma
March 12th at 7:00pm
March 19th at 7:00pm
March 30th at 7:30pm
April 10th at 6:00pm
April 22nd at 7:30pm
April 30th at 7:00pm
May 21st at 7:00pm
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents La Boheme
performing the role of Parpignol
February 20th at 7:00pm
Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen presents Orpheus in der Unterwelt
performing the role of Orpheus
February 24th at 7:30pm
Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents Il trittico
performing the roles of Venditore di Canzioni and Amante
January 22 at 7:00pm
January 30th at 6:00pm
February 5th at 7:00pm
February 13th at 6:00pm
March 2nd at 7:30pm
March 20th at 6:00pm
March 31st at 7:30pm
April 24th 6:00pm
June 15th at 7:30pm
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
Oper Wuppertal presents Die Zauberflöte
performing the role of Erster Geharnischter
Dates TBD (due to NRW Flooding)
Oper Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Deutschland
2021 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen presents Orpheus in der Unterwelt
performing the role of Orpheus
October 30th at 7:30pm
November 7th at 6:00pm
November 27th at 7:30pm
December 12th at 6:00pm
December 31st at 7:30pm
Musiktheater im Revier
Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland
Aalto Musiktheater Essen presents La Boheme
performing the role of Parpignol
December 17th at 7:30pm
December 26th at 7:30pm
Musiktheater Essen
Essen, Deutschland
Oper Wuppertal
Liederabend, Mitglieder des Opernstudios NRW
November 21st at 12:00pm
Oper Wuppertal - Foyer
Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen
NRW Opernstudio Vorstellung - Theaterfest 2021
Sept 4th
Opera Wilmington presents Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
Tamino
Wilmington, North Carolina
***re-postponed due to COVID-19. Dates TBD***
2020 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Opera Wilmington presents Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
Tamino
Wilmington, North Carolina
***postponed to summer 2021 due to COVID-19. Dates TBD***
Leading Masterclass: Musical Theatre Audition Workshop
collaboration between Rowan University and the Rowan Community Music School
Audition masterclass for HS aged musical theatre singers
December 13th
2020 Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions: Boston Districts
December 12th
Stadttheater Gießen presents Glaube.Liebe.Abschied
A pastiche opera with music by Poulenc (Die Menschliche Stimme) J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Bruckner
(additional information here)
December 15th 2019 at 7:30pm
December 21st 2019 at 7:30pm
December 29th at 7:30pm
January 25th at 7:30pm
February 6th at at 7:30pm
February 21st at 7:30pm
April 5th at 7:30pm
Stadttheater Gießen
Gießen, Germany
2019 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Teatro Nuovo presents Bellini's La straniera
July 14th SUNY Purchase
July 17th Rose Theatre, JALC, NYC
Teatro Nuovo presents Rossini's La gazza ladra
cover Isacco, cover Giannetto
July 13th at SUNY Purchase
July 17th Rose Theatre, JALC, NYC
Teatro Nuovo presents Rossini's Stabat Mater
June 27th at the Church of Heavenly Rest, NYC
Tenor soloist, Mvmnt. 9
Kentucky Bach Choir's Audrey Roonie 2019 Vocal Competition
National Finalist Round
April 13th at 2pm
First Presbyterian Church Lexington, KY
St. Paul's Episcopal presents Mozart's Requiem w/ orchestra
Tenor Soloist
St. Pauls Episcopal Wilmington, NC
March 29th at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera presents Concerts at Noon
Friday, March 22 at 12pm
Lee & Bob Peterson Great Room
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota Opera presents Concerts at Noon
Friday, March 8th at 12pm
Lee & Bob Peterson Great Room
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota Opera presents Verdi's Nabucco
March 2nd, 5th, 7th, 13th, 16th, 19th at 7:30pm
March 10th and 24th at 1:30pm
Sarasota Opera presents Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
February 16th, 19th, 21st, 27th at 7:30pm
February 24th at 1:30pm
March 1st, 21st, and 23rd at 7:30pm
March 16th at 1:30pm
Sarasota Opera presents Puccini's Turandot
February 9th, 12th, 14th, 20th, 23rd, 28th at 7:30pm
February 17th at 1:30pm
March 3rd and 20th at 1:30pm
March 8th, 15th, 17th, and 22nd at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera presents Bradenton Opera Guild "Stars of Tomorrow"
The Manitee Performing Arts Center
Bradenton, Florida
February 3rd at 1:30pm
Sarasota Opera presents the 2019 winter season Welcome Concert
Sarasota Opera House
January 19th at 7:30pm
2018 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Broadway Opera Cabaret
December 9th at 7:30pm
Kenethesed Israel in Jenkintown, PA
Solos and ensembles from Broadway favorites: Company, Gypsy, Kiss me Kate,
My Fair Lady, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Jekll and Hyde,
Milk and Honey, Parade, Kismet, The King and I, Candide, Thoroughly Modern Millie,
A Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Forum, and more!
Princeton Pro Musica presents To Music to Joy
Tenor Soloist in:
Beethoven's 9th Symphony Finale
Vaughan William's Serenade to Music
November 4th at 4:00pm
Richardson Auditorium
Princeton, NJ
Opernfest Berlin presents Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea
Roles of Lucano and Liberto Capitano
August 29 - 30th at 7:30pm
Stummfilmkino Delphi
Gustav-Adolf-Straße 2, 13086 Berlin, Germany
Opernfest present Opern Gala Konzerte
August 18th at 7pm
Mendelssohn Remise
Jägerstraße 51, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Hawaii Performing Arts Festival presents Papu and Puccini
An Evening of Opera by Italian Composers
July 14th at 4pm
Honoka'a Cafe Il Mondo
Hawaii Performing Arts Festival presents Handel's Alcina
Role of Oronte
July 7th & 8th at 8pm
Davies Chapel
Waimea, HI
New York City Opera presents Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain
Tenor Chorus
May 31st, and June 2, 3, 4th
Rose Theater at Lincoln Center
New York, New York
Choral Arts Society of New Jersey presents Lux Noctis
New Oratorio Commission
Tenor Soloist
May 12th at 8pm
Westfield, NJ
Saint Peter's Bach Collegium presents J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion
Tenor Soloist
March 30th at 12pm
Saint Peter's Lutheran Church
619 Lexington Ave New York, New York
New York City Opera presents Rameau's Pygmalione
Tenor Chorus
March 24 and 25th
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, NYC
2017 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Saint Peter's Bach Collegium presents BWV 62 & 10
Tenor soloist
December 10th
Saint Peter's Lutheran Church: 10am
Saint Barnabas Greenwich, CT: 4pm
Opera Idaho's Young Artist Concert
November 12th at 6pm
Community Congregational Church
McCall, ID
Opera Idaho presents Living Opera
arias of living composers
November 10th at 7:30pm
Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room
Opera Idaho presents L'elisir d'amore
Nemorino cover
November 3rd at 7:30pm
Jensen Concert Hall, Pocatello
Opera Idaho presents School Tour: The Elixir of Love (Public Performances)
Nemorino
October 28th at 10:30 and 1:00pm
Ballet Idaho Auditorium
Opera Idaho presents L'elisir d'amore
Nemorino cover
October 6th and 8th
The Egyptian Theater, Boise
Opera Idaho presents Operatini
presenting arias of Mozart
September 28th at 5:30 and 8:30
The Sapphire Room, Boise
Opera Idaho presents Auction of Arias Gala
presenting arias of Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Handel
September 23rd
Arid Club, Boise
Caramoor presents Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle
July 23rd at 4pm
Venetian Theater at Caramoor
Caramoor presents Canzonetta sull'aria
Concert of Italian Song
July 8 at 3:30pm
Spanish Courtyard at Caramoor
Caramoor presents Bellini's Il Pirata
July 8 at 7:30pm
Venetian Theater at Caramoor
Caramoor presents Abbondanza di Primavera: An Italian Evening
Opening Night Gala
June 17th at 5:30pm
Venetian Theater at Caramoor
Caramoor
Apprentice Artist
June 5th - July 23rd
Graduate Recital of Christopher Hochstuhl
Dichterliebe Schumann
Baroque and Classical Arias (Handel and Mozart)
May 6th at 5:45pm
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College
Saint Peter's Bach Collegium presents J.S. Bach's Johannes Passion
Tenor Soloist
April 14th at 12pm
Saint Peter's Lutheran Church
619 Lexington Avenue, NYC
"Jenick" in Smetana's The Bartered Bride
April 7th at 6:30PM
Playhouse, Westminster Choir College
American Art Song Festival
No 1 and 2 from Harold Meltzer's Beautiful Ohio
February 24 at 6:30pm
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College
GF Handel Messiah
Tenor Soloist
Janurary 22, 4PM
First United Methodist Church, Newton, NJ
2016 PERFORMANCES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Drama per Music Commission Concert
JS Bach Coffee Cantata
Comission by Verlingieri, The Courtship
with period orchestra AnticoModerno
October 11th 7pm First Lutheran Church Boston
October 14th 7pm Saint Peter's Luterhan Church
"Oronte" in Handel's Alcina
Arezzo Opera Festival, Italy
August 5th, 8pm
Badia della Santa Flora e Lucilla
Tenor Soloist in Fitzmartin Concert Mass
with Philadelphia Sinfonia and Commonwealth Youth Choirs
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center
June 18th at 7:30pm
Apprentice Artist Texas Music Festival (Houston)
May 22-June 1st
Concert of Arias June 1st at 6PM
Dudley Recital Hall, University of Houston