Christian Joel is a tenor from Trinidad and Tobago, currently based in Europe, with a wide repertoire spanning from baroque, Mozart, bel canto, French Romantic and twentieth century operatic roles. He began his classical voice studies in Trinidad with June Nathaniel during his adolescence, and subsequently at the HEMU Lausanne in the class of Frédéric Gindraux. His current voice teacher is the American tenor Scot Weir. 

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In 2021 Christian sang the role of Dr. Sachs in the Swiss premiere of Michael Nyman's opera "The Man who mistook his Wife for a Hat" at the Théatre de l'Oriental in Vevey, Switzerland. In 2020, he appeared with the Lyon Opera as David in John Adams' opera "I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky", and in 2019 he sang Prince Paul ("La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein", Offenbach) with Luzerner Theater. On the opera stage, Christian has also sung the role of Chevalier de la Force ("Dialogues des Carmélites", Poulenc), the leading role in Bizet's "Le Docteur Miracle" - both HEMU productions - and he has also sung Monsieur Olivé ("Le Chanteur de Mexico", Lopez) with the Lausanne Opera. In 2022, he will appear as Hunter, the lead tenor in the brand new opera "The Hive" by Harvey Brough, at Hoxton Hall in London. 

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Christian is also a seasoned concert soloist. He appeared as a tenor soloist in Handel's Israel in Egypt conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón, further in Handel's Messiah and sang various Bach cantatas throughout Switzerland such as «Aus der Tiefen rufe ich», 131, «Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir'», 130. He sang Mozart's Requiem at the Herkulessaal in Munich, Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio at the Peterskirche in Zurich, and Nicolai's Mass in D Major in Rapperswil, Switzerland. He also sang the tenor solo part in Bach's B minor Mass and Mozart's C major Mass, as well as the narrator in Jephte (Carissimi) in concerts in Lyon.

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You may also recognise Christian's voice if you have played the popular game 'Blob Opera', created by Google Arts & Culture! In 2020, Christian, along with 3 other opera soloists, recorded several hours of singing to create an avatar 'blob' to showcase the full range of the tenor voice! It can be played here.