Christopher Diffey

Tenor

Australian tenor Christopher Diffey was born in Melbourne, gained a BMus at Monash University and is currently studying on the opera course at the Royal Academy of Music with Philip Dogan. . He is a recipient of the Rhoda Jones Robert and Norman McCann Scholarships and the Picket Trust Award.

He has sung Alméric Iolanta, Gherardo Gianni Schicchi and the title role of Rameau’s Dardanus at the RAM. His other opera engagements have included Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Dartington International Summer School;, Bastien Bastien und Bastienne ; Lensky Eugene Onegin for Opera by Definition; Macheath The Beggar's Opera with Surrey Opera; Ernesto Don Pasquale for Lyric Opera of Melbourne as well as Ralph Rackstraw HMS Pinafore and Nanki Poo The Mikado for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Victoria.

On the concert platform his repertoire includes Bach St Matthew Passion and Cantatas; Handel Israel in Egypt and Messiah, Haydn Stabat Mater and Maria Theresa Mass, Mozart Requiem, Litaniae Lauretanae and Coronation Mass, Schubert Mass in C and Britten Rejoice in the Lamb. A keen recitalist Christopher has performed several of the major song cycles of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, Britten and Tippett.

Representation: Worldwide