CHRISTOPHER JOB
BARITONE
BIOGRAPHY
Praised for his “commanding sonority” (Opera News) and described as “handsome, agile, and with a voice to match” (Boulder Daily Camera), bass-baritone Christopher Job is a “rising star on the American opera scene” (Grand Junction Free Press).
Mr. Job has been engaged by The Metropolitan Opera since the beginning of his career, making his house début in their production of The Nose. Other notable engagements at the esteemed opera house include multiple seasons as Sciaronne in Tosca, Sir Gualtiero Raleigh in Roberto Devereux, Ceprano in Rigoletto, the Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly, Leader of the King’s Guard in Medea, and the Marquis in La traviata, and their productions of Don Carlo, The Enchanted Island, The Nose, From the House of the Dead, and Lulu created by world-renowned artist and director William Kentridge. Additionally, Job has joined the company for productions of The Hours, Die Zauberflöte, Lohengrin, Der Rosenkavalier, Cendrillon, Roméo et Juliette, La fanciulla del West, and La Clemenza di Tito. He can also be seen on seven of their “Live in HD” broadcasts, including Macbeth and as Brühlmann in Werther.
Job continued his tenure at The Met last season with roles in their productions of Dead Man Walking, Un ballo in maschera, The Magic Flute, Madama Butterfly, La forza del destino, Roméo et Juliette, La rondine, and The Hours. He spent his summer at Central City Opera singing Ashby in their production of La fanciulla del West. Job was also seen in concert, singing Handel’s Messiah with DCINY at Carnegie Hall. This season he returns to The Metropolitan Opera as Ceprano in Rigoletto, Sciarrone in Tosca, First Priest in The Magic Flute, Narumov in The Queen of Spades, and for their productions of Grounded, Fidelio, Die Zauberflöte, Salome, and Le nozze di Figaro.
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A globally sought-after artist, Mr. Job has been featured in many important international opera houses. Some highlights include his début with Los Angeles Opera as Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata, the role of Alidoro in La Cenerentola in his French début with Festival Lyrique en Mer in Belle-Île and the roles of Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Il Podestà in La gazza ladra in his Italian début with Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Additional international engagements include appearances in Italy, Israel, Austria, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.
Mr. Job has appeared throughout the U.S. in productions of some of opera’s best-known titles. Highlights include his début in the title role of Le nozze di Figaro with Fargo-Moorhead Opera; Escamillo in Carmen with Lyric Opera Virginia; Angelotti in Tosca with New York City Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera; Hobson in Peter Grimes at the Princeton Festival; Colline in La bohème with Lyric Opera Baltimore; and Fifth Jew in Salome with Palm Beach Opera.
Other notable operatic performances include the creation of the role of Senator Thomas Jordan in the world première of Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Putz’ The Manchurian Candidate with Minnesota Opera; Ashby in La fanciulla del West and Aguirre in Brokeback Mountain with New York City Opera; Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Fairbanks; Uncle in Elizabeth Cree with West Edge Opera; and Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore with Opera Idaho. He has performed Olin Blitch in Susannah to critical acclaim with Opera Idaho and in his début with Ash Lawn Opera, with critics writing, “Bass-baritone Christopher Job sings stunningly well as Olin Blitch, the preacher dealing with his own demons.” Additionally, Mr. Job performed a featured role in Bernstein’s On the Town in his début with Barrington Stage Company, in a production directed by Tony Award-winning John Rando and choreographed by Josh Bergasse which later transferred to Broadway, and the role of the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods with Charlottesville Opera.
Mr. Job has sung a wide array of repertoire, with notable previous engagements also including the role of Kilan in Der Freischütz with Des Moines Metro Opera; Frère Laurent in Roméo et Juliette and Count Horn in Un ballo in maschera as a resident artist with Minnesota Opera; Dr. Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Zuniga in Carmen, and General Godofredo de la Barca in Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s La Curandera with Opera Colorado; and Caronte in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo ed Euridice, the Poet in Phillip Glass’s Orphée, and Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Glimmerglass Festival.
An extremely experienced concert artist, Mr. Job performed the bass solo on a multitude of popular works at some of the leading venues in the country. His Carnegie Hall concerts include Mozart’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson’s Mass, and Handel’s Messiah, which he has also performed at Avery Fisher Hall and on tours with Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Other highlights include Haydn’s Creation with Greeley Philharmonic and Concord Symphony; many of Beethoven’s works including Symphony No. 9 at Avery Fisher Hall, Christ on the Mount of Olives with St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and Missa Solemnis with Colorado Springs Philharmonic; and, under the baton of Rob Fisher, a performance at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic, where he was featured in the Cockney Quartet from My Fair Lady, sharing the stage with Kelsey Grammer and Brian Dennehy. Job has performed as a featured soloist in masterworks with Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) including Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with DCINY in Barcelona. Additionally, Mr. Job sang Buff in a concert version of Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and he joined Lexington Philharmonic for an all-Vaughan Williams Christmas Concert.
A Grand Prize Winner of the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition and a second-place winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions for both the Upper Midwest Region and the Rocky Mountain Region, Job received his Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University.
Current as of September 1, 2024
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"...sings stunningly well..." – The Daily Progress
Susannah – “Christopher Job sings stunningly well as Olin Blitch.”
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"...commanding authority..." – Opera News
Così fan tutte – “The power figure Caronte drew commanding authority from Christopher Job.”
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"...sang with bold conviction and penetrating musicality...” – Boston Classical Review
Dimitrij – “Christopher Job as leader of the Tsar’s army, sang with bold conviction and penetrating musicality.”
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"...renews our sense of amazement in the human voice..." – Grand Junction Free Press
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 – “Christopher Job renews our sense of amazement in the human voice and its ability to make music.”
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"...a standout..." – Oenida Daily Dispatch
I Capuleti e Montecchi – “Bass, Christopher Job, a standout last summer at Glimmerglass as Caronte in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo was a strong Capellio.”