Thomas Christ

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Thomas Christ (2011)

Thomas Christ (born February 11, before 1980 in Landsberg am Lech ) is a German musical performer and voice trainer .

Life

Thomas Christ received his training as a musical performer at the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding in Munich and was already on stage in The Black Rider at the Metropoltheater there during his studies .

stage

Subsequent engagements led him to major productions such as Tanz der Vampire in Stuttgart directed by Roman Polański , Elisabeth in Essen and Jekyll & Hyde in Cologne, where he also played the title role. He also appeared at the Landestheater in Eisenach in roles such as Freddy ( My Fair Lady ), Leopold ( Im Weissen Rössl ) and Monostatos ( The Magic Flute ), and at the Lübeck Theater a . a. as Jean Valjean ( Les Misérables ) and in the title role of Jekyll & Hyde .

In the 2009 season, Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay engaged him at the Musical Theater in Bremen, where he played the role of Duke of Orléans in the European premiere of Marie Antoinette - The Musical . As a result he embodied a. a. at the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen the Mark Cohen ( Rent ), in Plauen / Zwickau Vittorio and Oscar ( Sweet Charity ), at the Staatstheater Hannover Harry, das Ross ( Guys and Dolls ) as well as in the world premiere of The Visit of the Old Lady at the Thunerseespiele Toby and the teacher. At the Pforzheim Theater he was seen in the title role in Sweeney Todd and part of the cast in the world premiere of Der Medicus at the Fulda Musical Summer. He was repeatedly seen as Che in Evita , u. a. in Lübeck and at the Wiesbaden State Theater. He interpreted Valentin in The Kiss of the Spider Woman in Lübeck, Flensburg and Eisenach and could be seen in this role over two seasons at the Stadttheater Gießen. In 2016/17 he returns to the Lahn as Cinderella's Prince in Ab in den Wald .

Teaching activities

In addition to his stage work, Thomas Christ is a lecturer for acting and singing as well as at various workshops and trained as an “Authorized CVT Teacher” at the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen (2014–17). Since November 2016 he has been teaching singing at the IfM of the University of Osnabrück.

Roles in musicals (selection)

  • 2000–2002: Dance of the Vampires (Music Hall Stuttgart; role: ensemble with nightmare solo)
  • 2002–2003: Elisabeth (Colosseum Theater Essen; roles: Rauscher, Schwarzenberg)
  • 2004/2005: The Magic Flute (Landestheater Eisenach; role: Monostatos)
  • 2005, 2006: Comedian Harmonists (Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen; role: Erich Abraham Collin (2nd tenor))
  • 2005/2006: My Fair Lady (Landestheater Eisenach; role: Freddy)
  • 2006/2007: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Theater Lübeck; role: Valentin)
  • 2007–2009: Les Misérables (Theater Lübeck; role: Jean Valjean)
  • 2007/2008: In the White Horse Inn (Landestheater Flensburg; role: Leopold waiter)
  • 2008–2011: Evita (Theater Lübeck; role: Che)
  • 2009: Marie Antoinette (Theater Bremen; role: Duke of Orléans)
  • 2009/2010: Jekyll & Hyde (Theater Lübeck; role: Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde)
  • 2010: Dracula (Ettlingen Castle Festival; role: Scapino)
  • 2010/2011: Guys & Dolls (WA) (Staatstheater Hannover; role: Harry, das Ross)
  • 2010–2012: Sweet Charity (Theater Zwickau-Plauen; role: Vittorio Vidal - Oscar Lindquist)
  • 2011: Rent (Ettlingen Castle Festival; role: Mark Cohen)
  • 2012: Comedian Harmonists (Kammerspiele Paderborn; role: Harry Frommermann)
  • 2012: Chess (Bad Gandersheim Cathedral Festival; role: Frederick Trumper)
  • 2012/2013: Dracula (Stadttheater Pforzheim; role: Jonathan Harker)
  • 2013: Visit of the old lady (Thunerseespiele Thun; roles: Toby, cover teacher)
  • 2013/2014: Evita (Staatstheater Wiesbaden; role: Che)
  • 2014: The Black Brothers (Bückeburg Castle; Role: Ensemble / Paolo, Cover Luigi)
  • 2014/15: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Stadttheater Gießen; role: Valentin)
  • 2015: Sweeney Todd (Theater Pforzheim; role: Sweeney)
  • 2015/16: West Side Story (Theater Lübeck; role: Riff)
  • 2016/19: The Medicus - The Musical (Schlosstheater Fulda; Role: Ensemble, Cover Karim, Grand Vizier, Bader, Ibn Sina)
  • 2016/17: Into the Woods (Stadttheater Gießen; role: Wolf / Cinderellas Prinz)
  • 2017/18: Oliver! - The Musical (Theater Lübeck; role: Bill Sykes)
  • 2019: Chess (Stadttheater Regensburg; role: Anatoly Sergievsky)

Discography

  • The Black Rider, music for the play . Music & Texts: Tom Waits , Jalma Music / Melodie der Welt, J. Michel KG
  • Cyrano - the musical . Music & lyrics: Ed and Koen van Dyke, imagination Company, Munich
  • The greatest musical highlights . Broadway Musical Management GmbH, Hamburg
  • The Musicals Of Kunze & Levay Vol. II . MusicalNet
  • Romeo & Julia Music: Boris Urbanek, Texts: Jaromír Nohavica, MusicalNet
  • Evita . Music: ALWebber, lyrics: Tim Rice, Koch Universal
  • Marie Antoinette . Music: Sylvester Levay, lyrics: Michael Kunze, Sony Music
  • The Black Brothers . Music: Georgij Modestov, texts: Mirco Vogelsang, counterpoint music production
  • The medicus - the musical . Music & lyrics: D. Martin, M. Lux u. a., Media Metis

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography. ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thomas-christ.com archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: thomas-christ.com , accessed on April 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Staff at the Institute for Music. In: Institute for Music at the University of Osnabrück ( IfM ), accessed on April 12, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Christ, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musical actor and vocal coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 11th before 1980