Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, tenor Christian Joel is an up-and-coming artist of great promise. Christian’s upcoming performances include the title role of Orlando in Handel’s opera with Liberata Collective, Steuermann in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer with Persona Arts and Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Last season he performed Amnon in Hagemann’s Ruth with Pegasus Opera Company, and Handel’s Orlando with Liberata Collective at Buxton International Festival. Christian has appeared as Chief Pee-Ay-Sis in Will Todd’s Migrations, and Anthony (cover) in David Hackbridge Johnson’s Blaze of Glory with Welsh National Opera. Other operatic roles include David in John Adams’ I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the Sky (Opéra de Lyon), Dr Sachs in Michael Nyman’s The Man who mistook his wife for a Hat (Theatre Oriental de Vevey), Prince Paul (La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, Offenbach) with the Lucerne Theatre. Christian’s recent concert repertory includes Carmina Burana in France, Handel’s Israel in Egypt under the baton of Leonardo García Alarcón, and Mozart’s Requiem at the Herkulessaal, Munich. Christian is also the featured tenor in Google’s ‘Blob Opera’ interactive site.
Following studies at HEMU de Lausanne and the Zurich University of the Arts, he was an artist of the International Opera Studio at Opéra de Lyon during the 2019-2020 season.
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