Christopher Willoughby

Christopher Willoughby was born in the UK where he began his musical training as a Chorister at Westminster Abbey. He is currently studying at the MDW in Vienna under the tutelage of Florian Boesch and Margit Klaushofer. With a passion for both lied and oratorio Christopher has a varied schedule exploring multiple disciplines.

The 2021-22 season saw appearances as Grimoaldo in Handel’s ‘Rodelinda’, Osmida in Holzbauer’s ‘Der Tod der Dido’ in the Schlosstheater, Schönbrunn Palace and First Sailor in Purcell’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’ in Stift Melk. Oratorio highlights included performances as the Evangelist in Bach’s ‘St John Passion’ in Bristol and the Brandenburg Festival in London. Christopher won the Charles Wood Song Competition in Northern Ireland and was a finalist in the Marilyn Horne Song Competition in California.

The 2022-23 season will see him performing the title role in Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’ at Schlosstheater, Scönbrunn Palace, Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’ at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and oratorio appearances include tenor soloist in ‘Die Schöpfung’ by Haydn in Vienna, and the Bach ’Magnificat’ at Cadogan Hall in the UK. oughby