Van Horn, Christian

(Rockville Center, New York) 

2026–27 Season: Jacopo Fiesco, Simon Boccanegra

San Francisco Opera Highlights: Escamillo in Carmen; Lindorf/Dr. Miracle/Dapertutto in Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Fedor von Bock in Marco Tutino’s Two Women; Timur in Turandot; Colline in La Bohème; Alidoro in La Cenerentola; Oroveso in Norma; Narbal in Les Troyens; Claggart in Billy Budd; 100th Anniversary Concert

Recent and Upcoming: Giorgio in I Puritani (Metropolitan Opera); Escamillo in Carmen (Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, London’s Royal Ballet and Opera); Méphistophélès in Faust (Paris' Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago); Philippe II in Don Carlo (Dallas Opera); title role of Bluebeard's Castle (Canadian Opera Company, Chicago Symphony Orchestra); Timur in Turandot (Munich's Bavarian State Opera); Mozart Requiem (LA Phil at Hollywood Bowl); Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Metropolitan Opera, Paris, Salzburg); Philip II in Don Carlos (Paris Opera); title role of Attila (Madrid's Teatro Real); Nabucco (Verona); Wozzeck (Metropolitan Opera); Lucia di Lammermoor (Metropolitan Opera); Die Zauberflöte (Metropolitan Opera); Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress (Metropolitan Opera)

Winner of the Richard Tucker Award (2018)

Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2003)

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