An alumnus of the Ryan Opera Center, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn’s international career took flight at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Over the years, he has regularly returned in star bass-baritone vehicles like Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen (2017), Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust (2018), and more recently, in two Verdi roles, Banquo in Macbeth (2021) and Silva in Ernani (2022). He makes a triumphant homecoming in the title role of Mozart’s Don Giovanni on the heels of opening the San Francisco Opera season in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Christian Van Horn joins WFMT to preview his performance and to share selections from his solo debut album.
Playlist
All selections feature bass-baritone Christian Van Horn.
Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Act I aria, “Son lo spirito che nega”
Act II aria, “Ecco il mondo”
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian
Benjamin Britten: “O beauty, O handsomeness, goodness!” from Billy Budd
Giacomo Meyerbeer: “Nonnes, qui reposez” from Robert le diable
Jacque Offenbach: “Scintille, diamant” from The Tales of Hoffmann
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Act I recitative and aria, “Bravo, signor padrone!…Se vuol ballare”
Act I aria, “Non più andrai”
Act IV finale, “Tutto è tranquilo e placido!..Pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro”
Fanie Antonelou, soprano
Andrei Bondarenko, baritone
MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis
Giuseppe Verdi: “Il lacerato spirito” from Simon Boccanegra Verdi: “Ella giammai m’amò” from Don Carlo
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian
Recordings with the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra conducted by Constantine Orbelian used with kind permission.
