Christopher Lowrey

Recent operatic roles include Handel’s Resurrezione (Cleofe) with Emmanuel Music in Boston, Vivaldi’s Farnace (title role) with Pinchgut Opera in Sydney, Handel’s Giulio Cesare (title role) performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris as well as in Oviedo and the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Brett Dean’s Hamlet (Guildenstern) in Glyndebourne, the Metropolitan Opera the Bayrische Staatsoper Munich and Opera Australia, Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Ottone) at the Grange Festival, as well as Handel’s operas Rodelinda (Bertarido) at Göttingen Festival, Partenope (Armindo) at Teatro Real in Madrid, Orlando (Medoro) at Oper Frankfurt staged by Ted Huffman and Theodora (Didymus) at Theater an der Wien under Bejun Mehta and at Pinchgut Opera, Australia.

Recent concert appearances include Messiah at La Grange-au-Lac in Évian-les-Bains, at the Koerner Hall in Toronto as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. conducted by Laurence Equilbey, Bach’s Magnificat at Chapel Royal de Versailles and a tour of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with B’Rock Orchestra led by Evgeny Sviridov. Furthermore, he toured Draghi’s Il dono della vita eterna (Morte eterna) as well as Monteverdi’s I sette peccati capitali conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón, and a concert version of Handel’s Poro, re delle Indie (title role) alongside the Ensemble Il Griviglio led by Marco Angioloni.

His growing catalogue of recordings includes Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Les Talens Lyriques for Alpha, Handel’s Arminio (title role) for Accent, Theodora (Didymus) for ABC Classics, Handel’s Susanna (Joacim) for Accent, Vivaldi’s Bajazet (Tamerlano) for ABC Classics, Handel’s Faramondo(Gernando) for Accent, Handel’s and Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus for Harmonia Mundi, and a solo album of Handel Arias for the EMI Emerging Artists Series. Christopher also appears on the DVD of Glyndebourne Festival’s production of Dean’s Hamlet (Guildenstern) released for Opus Arte.

Starting the season 2024/25, Christopher will take part in a production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) at Lausanne Opera in a staging by Laurent Pelly and under the musical direction of Guillaume Tourniaire. Spring 2025 holds in place the part of Roberto in Vivaldi’s Griselda at the Royal Danish Opera in a production by Beatrice Lauchaussée, conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen. To conclude the season, Christopher will join a tour of Bach Cantatas with Cappella Mediterranea under the musical direction of Leonardo García Alarcón to the Grand Manège in Namur and Bachfest Leipzig. With the same team, he will also tour L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Ottone) in Europe and North America.

Christopher is also in demand as a conductor of choral music. He is the founder and director of Ensemble Altera, fast becoming a leading American chamber choir dedicated to bringing thoughtful, engaging, and relevant programs of choral music to in-person and digital audiences at home and around the world. Recent projects undertaken by the group include an innovative series of digital concerts produced for viewers around the world.

(2024/25_Please use this CV exclusively.)