Christian Šebek

Since his 2003 tenor debut, Christian Šebek has been recognized for his powerful and lyric spinto. The New York Times praised him as “possessing a marvelous voice,” while the Houston Chronicle extolled his Rodolfo “His singing was full of visceral excitement.” In a production of Il Trovatore the Chronicle also proclaimed his Manrico as sung with “stentorian authority, with clarity, forcefulness and ring that were the standard for others to meet or miss.”
In 2003, Mr. Šebek created the lead role of Nathanael in Thomas Cabaniss’s Off-Broadway, contemporary opera The Sandman. Later that year he debuted as Cavaradossi in Tosca with Opera Idaho. Over the past three years Mr. Šebek has performed Radames in Aida and Calaf in Turandot with Boheme Opera, Rodolfo in La Boheme with Center City Opera Theater, Opera in the Heights and Opera Western Reserve. Additional credits include the title roles in Otello and Samson et Delilah with One World Symphony, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly with The Treasure Coast Opera and Center City Opera Theater, Canio in Pagliacci with Opera Western Reserve and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana with Opera Company of the Hamptons and The Chelsea Opera. Upcoming works include Luigi in Il Tabarro, Alfredo in La Traviata and Manrico in Il Trovatore.
In concert, Christian Šebek has sung at Carnegie Hall on several occasions at Zankel Hall with One Bright World to benefit Liberian Educational Relief and at Weill Hall in concert of Italian Operas. Mr. Sebek recently sang the role of Romeo in Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette in concert at Weill Hall with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. He has performed with the Greenwich Village Orchestra in a Celebration of Jewish Stories in Opera. He was the tenor soloist at Carnegie Hall in Mid America’s production of Handel’s Messiah. Mr. Šebek has soloed in major choral works with orchestras around the metropolitan New York area, including Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra and Kurt Weill’s Requiem with West Park Symphony. In addition, Mr. Šebek has sung supporting roles while apprenticing at Sarasota Opera and Central City Opera.
Mr. Sebek currently lives in Northern New Jersey and continues his studies with Robert Cowart. He has received numerous awards including NATS, Gerda Lissner Foundation and was the recipient of the Birgit Nilsson award while attending Manhattan School of Music. He holds degrees in Vocal Performance and Finance and Accounting