Christoph Genz Debut with Boston's Handel & Haydn Society in Die Jahreszeiten under Sir Roger Norrington: “Of the three excellent soloists, two were making their local debuts.  Tenor Christoph Genz was polished and elegant...” The Boston Globe, April 17, 2007 “The evening's most exciting discovery was tenor Christoph Genz, whose phenomenal debut was marked by gorgeous, burnished tone and fluid phrasing.  The aria If with all your hearts ye truly seek me, which may be the score's most sumptuously beautiful stretch of writing, sounded even more heart-stopping in Genz's version."                                                                                                       The San Francisco Examiner, March 26, 2007 “Christoph Genz speaks so naturally in the recitatives, that one is drawn to simply  listen, the textual and technical issues disappear...His Evangelist is impresssive in its lack of histrionics, managing to convey both serenity and tension, enabling us to hear this story as if for the first time.” Leipziger Volkszeitung, May 6, 2006 German lyric tenor CHRISTOPH GENZ has been invited for concerts, recitals and opera productions worldwide, collaborating with such conductors as Herbert Blomstedt, Franz Brüggen, Marcus Creed, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Ludwig Güttler, Thomas Hengelbrock, Philippe Herreweghe, Marek Janowski, Ton Koopman, Sigiswald Kuijken, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Kurt Masur, Fabio Luisi, Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Schreier.  Last season he makes important debuts with the San Francisco Symphony (Elijah under Herbert Blomstedt), and Boston's Handel and Haydn Society (Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten under Sir Roger Norrington).  In 2008-2009 he makes his Canadian debut in Bach's B Minor Mass with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony.  Previous U.S. appearances include the Mozart Requiem with the Choral Arts Society of Washington at the Kennedy Center and Hermann Michael and the Phoenix Symphony, and a recital as part of Lincoln Center's distinguished Art of the Song series. The tenor is well-represented on recordings, including Bach Cantatas with conductors Reinhard Goebel and John Eliot Gardiner, Bach's St. John Passion (Berlin Classics), Mendelssohn's Lobgesang Symphony under Helmut Rilling (Hänssler label), a lieder recital (Berlin Classics) and Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos with Giuseppe Sinopoli (Deutsche Grammophon). In addition to being regularly welcomed at Europe's major festivals (Schubertiade Feldkirch/Hohenems, Verbier, Davos, Luzern), Mr. Genz has given acclaimed lieder recitals at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, London's Wigmore Hall and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. A particularly accomplished Mozartean, his opera credentials to date include a season as member of Switzerland's Teater Basel, and guest appearances at the Opéra de Nancy (Ferrando in Così fan tutte), Paris' Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Aix-en-Provence (both as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), Opéra de Lausanne, and Milan's La Scala. From 2001-2005 he was a leading member of the Hamburg State Opera. Born in Erfurt, Germany, Christoph Genz began his musical training as a member of the renowned Leipzig Thomanerchor, followed by study at King's College, Cambridge where he was also a member of the King's College Choir. His private vocal studies were with Hans-Joachim Beyer at Leipzig's Hochschule für Musik, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Prizes include placing First in Leipzig's Johann-Sebastian-Bach Competition and the Grimsby (England) International Singers Competition.   Home