Christian Van Horn

Christian van Horn has performed worldwide at numerous major opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, the Paris Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, in Rome, Stuttgart, and Salzburg. His opera roles include the title roles in Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro, as well as Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Méphistophélès in Faust, Claggart in Billy Budd, the Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Escamillo in Carmen, Alidoro in La cenerentola, Banquo in Macbeth, and Gesler in Guillaume Tell. He has also participated in significant premieres and American premieres. As a concert singer, he is successful and in demand, having performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Berlin Philharmonic, among others. Highlights of this season include his appearances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and in Chicago.

Performances with Christian Van Horn

Saison 2025-26
Mon
01 Jun
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with Elmina Hasan, Freddie De Tommaso, Anna Bondarenko, Conductor: Asher Fisch

Carmen

Cast on Monday 1. June 2026

Carmen

Elmina Hasan

Escamillo, Toreador

Christian Van Horn

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Wed
03 Jun
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with Elmina Hasan, Freddie De Tommaso, Anna Bondarenko, Conductor: Asher Fisch

Carmen

Cast on Wednesday 3. June 2026

Carmen

Elmina Hasan

Escamillo, Toreador

Christian Van Horn

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Abo 12

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

30. Oktober 2024: BILLY BUDD
27. November 2024: MANON
19. Februar 2025: BALLETT: DIE KAMELIENDAME
16. April 2025: ARABELLA
11. Juni 2025: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

Fri
05 Jun
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with Elmina Hasan, Freddie De Tommaso, Anna Bondarenko, Conductor: Asher Fisch

Carmen

Cast on Friday 5. June 2026

Carmen

Elmina Hasan

Escamillo, Toreador

Christian Van Horn

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Mon
08 Jun
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with Elmina Hasan, Freddie De Tommaso, Anna Bondarenko, Conductor: Asher Fisch

Carmen

Cast on Monday 8. June 2026

Carmen

Elmina Hasan

Escamillo, Toreador

Christian Van Horn

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega
U27
Thu
11 Jun
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with Elmina Hasan, Freddie De Tommaso, Anna Bondarenko, Conductor: Asher Fisch

Carmen

Cast on Thursday 11. June 2026

Carmen

Elmina Hasan

Escamillo, Toreador

Christian Van Horn

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega

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