"Shimmering velvet voice, technical
maturity well beyond his years, Wagnerian power and stage savvy"
- Ôlyrix
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Stefan Klingele, Conductor
Frank Hilbrich, Stage Director
Stefan Klingele, Conductor
Frank Hilbrich, Stage Director
Stefan Klingele, Conductor
Frank Hilbrich, Stage Director
Peter Kopp, Conductor
Michael Balke, Conductor
Julien Chavaz, Stage Director
Michael Balke, Conductor
Julien Chavaz, Stage Director
Debut in the title role of Verdi’s Ernani at the Theater St. Gallen; Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra debut in Beethoven's 9th Symphony under V. Jurowski; role debut of Lohengrin Theater Bremen; Manolios at the Staatsoper Hannover in Martinů's Greek Passion under Stephan Zilias.
Future plans include debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper.
At Theater St. Gallen Eisenstein Die Fledermaus, Siegmund Die Walküre, Tamino Die Zauberflöte, and the tenor soloist in a scenic production of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem; at the Staatsoper Hannover Wagner and Neréo in Boito’s Mefistofele, at Oper Frankfurt Ken in Vito Žuraj’s Blühen; Prince in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges at Des Moines Metro Opera; the title role La clemenza di Tito at the Bregenz Theater.
Graduate of the Staatsoper Stuttgart opera studio, where he debuted in Mefistofele (Wagner and Neréo), Don Carlos (Le comte de Lerme), Die sieben Todsünden (der Bruder), Le nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio), and Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen (Zeremonienmeister). Appeared with the Staatsoper Stuttgart in concert at the Baden-Baden Festspiele and the Opéra National du Rhin.
A grand finalist of the 2023 Paris Opera Competition, he performed Zandonai and Wagner at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées to great acclaim. He was awarded the Rohatyn Great Promise Award in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition, the Hermann Leopoldi Musikpreis in Vienna’s International Otto Edelmann Competition, and was a grand finalist in Innsbruck’s International Cesti Competition.
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées || Giulietta e Romeo: Giulietta! son io!
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées || Giulietta e Romeo: Giulietta! son io!
Konzert und Theater St. Gallen || Wagner - Die Walküre - Siegmund heiß' ich
Konzert und Theater St. Gallen || Wagner - Die Walküre - Siegmund heiß' ich
In The Love for Three Oranges, Sokolowski plays The Prince, who is riddled with hypochondria. Sokolowski says Prokofiev has a descriptive approach to composition, allowing the audience to understand what’s happening in the opera through the music, which is different from many composers at the time.
Als junger Liebhaber mit lyrischer Leichtigkeit wurde Christopher Sokolowski, im Hudson Valley aufgewachsen, 2021 ans Theater St.Gallen engagiert. Kaum war er hier, wuchs die Stimme in andere Dimensionen: Statt Mozart- und Barockopern singt Sokolowski nun lieber Wagner und Verdi. Am Samstag debütiert er in der Rolle des tragischen Helden Ernani.
In den Hauptrollen überzeugen mit Wohlklang, Spielfreude und guter Textverständlichkeit Christopher Sokolowski als Gabriel von Eisenstein...
Christopher Sokolowski has the talent, personality, and makings of a great spinto tenor.
The vocal soloists were exceptional, above all the clarity of tenor Christopher Sokolowski.
The demanding solo parts, confidently to ravishingly mastered by [the soloists] were given a very concrete fate.
Sokolowski navigated the ever changing and equally absurd moods of the Prince with finesse…Sokolowski’s heroic tenor voice turned the hapless Prince into a compelling hero, his clear tone and skillful technique making the most of Prokofiev’s score.
Mr. Sokolowski is all goofy puppy dog, with unerring comic instincts, unleashing torrents of gleaming sound, each phrase more impressive than the last.
Christopher Sokolowski, American tenor, shows a technical maturity well beyond his years, enabling him to master the multiple facets of his shimmering velvet voice. He also displays Wagnerian power and a stage savvy that denotes a certain experience.
Christopher Sokolowski is an extremely convincing, intense interpreter of Ernani. He portrays this totally disturbed young man, tormented by inner demons, with a forceful, present physicality (he is on stage practically non-stop). His engagingly timbred tenor sounds increasingly liberated as the evening progresses. It is extremely pleasing that he does not force his voice at any point, but is able to fill the role with natural, perfect vocal support and a dynamic, precisely nuanced tone.
Ernani is sung by tenor Christopher Sokolowski, who with an almost youthful vigor seizes the opportunity to show off his dramatic skills. He is truly impetuous at the start of the evening, giving the role a vibrant power and a compelling, sometimes almost wild presence. He never loses credibility in his passion, his loyalty, or his suffering from the ‘impossibility of love,’ as stated by Peter Verhelst.
Christopher Sokolowski was most convincing in the title role–not only because the handsome young American is an incredibly agile performer, but also because he best withstood the storm that was raging on the St. Gallen stage and respected the structuring of the phrases in a meaningful way. His tenor has a highly individual timbre, a well-developed middle range and a radiant high register.
