Christopher Maltman (born 6 February 1970)[1] is a British operatic baritone who has appeared internationally.
Maltman was born in Cleethorpes,[2] and was educated at Warwick University where he received a degree in Biochemistry.
[4] He made his debut with The Royal Opera in 1997 and has since sung over fifteen principal roles there including Don Carlo di Vargas in Verdi's La forza del destino, Conte di Luna in Il trovatore, Enrico in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, the Forester in Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, and Lescaut in Puccini's Manon Lescaut.
He has entered an international career in the great opera houses of Europe and North America specialising in Italian dramatic baritone repertoire, especially the role of Verdi's Rigoletto,[3] but also Rodrigo in Don Carlo, the title role of Simon Boccanegra, Ford in Falstaff, and Guy de Montfort in Les Vêpres siciliennes.
[7] Maltman has taken part in several broadcast performances later issued on video, and appeared as Mozart's Don Giovanni in the 2009 Kasper Holten film Juan.