1. Christoph Strehl was born on 8 April 1968 and is a German tenor in opera and concert.
15 Facts About Christoph Strehl
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Christoph Strehl has appeared at major opera houses internationally, regarded as a specialist for Mozart roles, but performing a broad repertoire.
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Christoph Strehl appeared as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and as Tamino in Die Zauberflote with Claudio Abbado on the conductor's first recording of the opera.
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Christoph Strehl is professor of voice at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
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Christoph Strehl studied privately with Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli, and took masterclasses with Josef Metternich, Gianni Raimondi and Norman Shetler.
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Christoph Strehl achieved first prize at the Alexander Girardi International Singing Competition in Coburg in 1999.
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Christoph Strehl made his debut at the Hagen Theatre in 1995.
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Christoph Strehl became a member of the Opernhaus Zurich in 2002, with Alexander Pereira as artistic director.
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Christoph Strehl was recognised internationally when he performed first at the Salzburg Festival in 2003, as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
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Christoph Strehl performed mainly Mozart roles as a guest at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, in Vienna and London, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in Aix-en-Provence, Geneva, Barcelona and Amsterdam.
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Christoph Strehl has been a professor of voice at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.
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In 2005, Christoph Strehl recorded the role of Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflote conducted by Claudio Abbado, the conductor's first recording of the work, with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
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Christoph Strehl's is a wonderfully virile, vital reading that gives pleasure to the ear, as much in ensemble as in aria.
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Christoph Strehl recorded the role of Eginhard in the Fierabras production from Zurich as DYD in 2006.
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Christoph Strehl recorded the role of Tamino again with Harnoncourt in the Zurich production directed by Martin Kuej in 2008.