Christopher White

He studied piano and piano accompaniment, and completed his Doctoral work on the music of Gustav Mahler, at the Royal Academy of Music. He returned to the Academy in 2023 as Head of Vocal Faculty and Preparatory Opera, and became Head of Opera in 2024.

Christopher’s international operatic career has included engagements with The Royal Opera, English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich and Israeli Opera. Festival work includes Bayreuth (2016-17) on the Ring and Parsifal and the Salzburg Festival with Strauss operas (from 2018).

From 2016 to 2023 he served as Head of Music at Deutsche Oper Berlin, overseeing musical preparation of all operas at one of Europe's busiest and most prestigious houses, including the complete stage works of Richard Wagner, and operas by Mozart, Strauss and Puccini alongside multiple world premieres. He has worked with the foremost opera conductors in the world including Edward Gardner, Jakub Hrůša, Marek Janowski, Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Donald Runnicles and Franz Welser-Möst.