Winner of the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Christopher Maltman studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music.

At the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, he has sung Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Ramiro (L’heure espagnole), Malatesta (Don Pasquale) and created the role of Sebastian in the world premiere of Thomas Adès’ ‘The Tempest’.  His roles at Glyndebourne have included Papageno, Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) and Sid (Albert Herring).  In Munich he has sung Tarquinius (The Rape of Lucretia), Guglielmo, Marcello (La bohème) and Albert (Werther). Other appearances include Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) and Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas) in Vienna; Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia) at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, and Tarquinius at the Aldeburgh Festival and ENO.  An acclaimed Billy Budd, he has sung the role at WNO, Teatro Regio in Turin, Seattle and in Munich. 

In the U.S. he has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Harlekin (Ariadne auf Naxos); in San Francisco as Papageno; in Seattle as Guglielmo and in San Diego as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Laurent (Therese Raquin).

Future engagements include returns to the Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden and the title role of Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival.

Concert engagements have included the Philharmonia Orchestra with von Dohnanyi, BBC Symphony Orchestra with Adams, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Norrington, London Symphony Orchestra with Rattle and Otaka, Concentus Musicus Vienna with Harnoncourt, Dresden Staatskapelle with Gardiner, Boston Symphony Orchestra with Conlon, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with Salonen and New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Masur.

Mr. Maltman sings the role of Cretone in Haydn’s Orfeo on January 23 and 25 at Symphony Hall. These performances mark his Handel and Haydn Society debut.