Christian Elsner (born 11 August 1965) is a German tenor in opera and concert, and an academic voice teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.
[3] He also studied lieder with Charles Spencer[4] and took supplementary master classes[3] with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Berlin[1] and Neil Semer in New York.
[4] He has worked with conductors such as Marek Janowski, Mariss Jansons, Lorin Maazel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Simon Rattle and David Zinman.
[4][2] He gave lieder recitals with his regular accompanist Burkhard Kehring [de] and also Hartmut Höll and Gerold Huber[4] at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, at La Monnaie in Brussels, and at festivals such as the Beethovenfest in Bonn, the MDR Musiksommer and the Schubertiade in Feldkirch.
[1] In 2015, he performed the role of Johannes in Franz Schmidt's oratorio The Book with Seven Seals at the Vienna Musikverein, conducted by Manfred Honeck.