Christina Bock

Born in Thüringen, German mezzo-soprano Christina Bock studied at both the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Christina was a member of the Semperoper Dresden from 2014 to 2020, where she performed an all-lyric repertoire in the roles of Nicklausse/Muse (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Jordan Baker (The Great Gatsby) and Preziosilla (La forza del destino). She later made her debut with the Royal Opera House as Page (Salome) and returned as Wellgunde (Der Ring der Nibelungen). In addition to her operatic repertoire, Christina performs in frequent recitals and chamber music projects, including regular appearances with the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.

She has performed several roles with the Wiener Staatsoper including Messenger/Proserpina (L’Orfeo), Der Komponist (Ariadne Auf Naxos), Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) and, more recently, Hansel (Hansel und Gretel), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) and Magdalene/Evas Amme (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg).

Recent highlights for Christina include a concert version of Tristan und Isolde (Brangäne) with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway, and Mahler’s Symphony No.3 with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She also featured in a new production of War and Peace by Dmitriy Tcherniakov at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

The 2024-25 season will see Christina feature in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, a house debut, as well as a return to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Die Passagierin. On the concert platform, she will perform Schonberg’s Vier Orchesterlieder with the RSO in Berlin conducted by Vladimir Jurowski and will feature as Mezzo-soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.