Christoph Von Weitzel

German baritone, trained in U.S.A. and Frankfurt. Operatic debut 1990 as Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan Tutte, Frankfurt Theater am Turm; numerous operatic roles include Escamillo, Eugene Onegin and Wolfram (Tannhäuser). Especial commitment to Lieder; his "Oper für Obdach" project reconfigures the traditional Liederabend, taking performances of Schubert's "Winterreise" to unconventional performance spaces in order to highlight the plight of Germany's homeless.