Biography

German baritone Christoph Pohl studied singing in Hanover and is a former member of the Opera Studio of Hamburg State Opera (2003–05) and a current member of the ensemble at Semperoper Dresden. For Dresden, his roles have included Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Posa (Don Carlo), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Onegin and Storch (Intermezzo). His engagements elsewhere include Salieri’s Falstaff and Guillaume Tell for Theater an der Wien, Wolfram and Danilo at La Fenice, Venice and Count Almaviva and Fritz/Frank for Bayerische Staatsoper. He made his Royal Opera debut in the 2015/16 Season as Johannes (Morgen und Abend) and has returned for Posa and Germont. Recent highlights include the title role in Trojahn’s Orest (Royal Danish Opera), Storch, Eistenstein (Die Fledermaus), Germont and the title role in Candide (in concert) in Dresden and the title role in Eugene Onegin, Amfortas (Parisfal) and Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde) in Hamburg. Engagements for 2025/26 include Paradies und die Peri in Hamburg and Eisenstein in Dresden.

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