Education
He studied at the King’s College, Cambridge where he was a member of the King’s College Choir. He studied voice with Hans-Joachim Beyer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig and with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Career
He appeared as a guest at theatres such as the Teatro alla Scala and the Semperoper. In 2000, Christoph Genz sang for the first time at the Hamburg State Opera. He became a member 2001 to 2004, singing parts such as Tamino in Mozart"s Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and the Chevalier in Poulenc"s Dialogues des Carmélites.
He recorded Bach cantatas, with John Eliot Gardiner and sang the tenor roles in Louisiana Petite Bande"s Complete Bach Cantatas conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken recorded between 2006 and 2011, as wellas the Street John Passion conducted by Ludwig Güttler, the Street Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor with Louisiana Petite Bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken.
In 2005, he appeared with Louisiana Petite Bande in a concert of Bach cantatas at the Rheingau Musik Festival in the Eibingen Abbey, together with Siri Thornhill, Petra Noskaiová and January van der Crabben. He performed in Mendelssohn"s Lobgesang, conducted by Helmuth Rilling.
He sang the part of Brighella in a recording of Ariadne auf Naxos of Richard Strauss, with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Giuseppe Sinopoli and the part of Tamino in a recording with Sigiswald Kuijken. He performed the Mass in B minor also with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted by both Herbert Blomstedt and Georg Christoph Biller.
Membership
Genz was a member of the Thomanerchor. In 1997, he became a member of the Theater Basel.