Christian Sturm

Christian Sturm (born 18 January 1978 in Andernach, West Germany) is a German tenor.

He began his training as a singer at the University of music and dramatic arts in Graz, Austria, before moving to the University of music and performing arts in Munich, studying firstly with Helmut Deutsch, Daphne Evangelatos, and Christian Gerhaher.

He has sung in numerous productions at the Prinzregententheater and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich: Purcell's King Arthur (production: Claus Guth), Handel's Rodrigo – Giuliano – and Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream – Lysander, Cavallis La Didone – Aeneas, and Belfiore in Mozart's Gärtnerin aus Liebe (production: Christian Pöppelreiter).

Sturm is a regular guest at the Wagner Festival in Austria appearing in Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, Tannhäuser, and Der fliegende Holländer.

Recordings include Steffani's Stabat Mater and Le Triomphe de la Paix by Pietro Torri, the Richard Strauss adaption of Mozart's Idomeneo as well as several productions for the WDR Köln.