Christopher Magiera
Baritone
New England First Place Winner, 2008
National Council Finalist, 2008
Baritone Christopher Magiera is a former member of the Opernstudio at the Bayerische
Staatsoper, Munich. Mr. Magiera appeared in a variety of main stage operas
including Lucrezia Borgia, Palestrina, La Bohème, Lohengrin and as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with the Opernstudio at the Cuvillés-Theatre. This summer, he will perform the title role in Eugene Onegin with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and joins the Dresden Semperoper for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 season. Roles next season in Dresden include Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, . . .
Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri, Robert in Iolanta, and Schaunard in La bohème, among others. In concert, he performed at the Knowlton Festival with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Kent Nagano. Upcoming engagements include a debut at the Santa Fe Opera, and a return to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, all in leading roles.
Mr. Magiera has won many awards and competitions. Most recently, the 2009 Sullivan Foundation Grand Prize, the 2008 Grand National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, an International Finalist in Placido Domingo’s World Opera Competition Operalia, and won First Place in the 2008 Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition. He has also received awards from the Jensen Foundation, Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, Florida Grand Competition, Maguerite McCammon Competition (Fort Worth Opera), Liederkranz Foundation, Bel Canto Foundation, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, San Antonio Opera Vocal Competition and the Annie Wentz Prize (Vocal Performance, Peabody Conservatory).
In 2008, Mr. Magiera was a member of the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program. He has attended the Yale School of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, and Wake Forest University. With the Peabody Opera Theatre, he performed numerous roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Lindorf and Dr. Miracle in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Ford in Falstaff, and Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music. In addition, with the Yale School of Music, he performed Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Riccardo in I Puritani (Act II), and Johnny Sykos in Comedy on the Bridge.
Additional performances include the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana, Silvio in I Pagliacci and Marcello in La bohème.
Mr. Magiera has won many awards and competitions. Most recently, the 2009 Sullivan Foundation Grand Prize, the 2008 Grand National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, an International Finalist in Placido Domingo’s World Opera Competition Operalia, and won First Place in the 2008 Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition. He has also received awards from the Jensen Foundation, Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, Florida Grand Competition, Maguerite McCammon Competition (Fort Worth Opera), Liederkranz Foundation, Bel Canto Foundation, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, San Antonio Opera Vocal Competition and the Annie Wentz Prize (Vocal Performance, Peabody Conservatory).
In 2008, Mr. Magiera was a member of the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program. He has attended the Yale School of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, and Wake Forest University. With the Peabody Opera Theatre, he performed numerous roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Lindorf and Dr. Miracle in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Ford in Falstaff, and Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music. In addition, with the Yale School of Music, he performed Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Riccardo in I Puritani (Act II), and Johnny Sykos in Comedy on the Bridge.
Additional performances include the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana, Silvio in I Pagliacci and Marcello in La bohème.
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