Current engagements of Christopher Gillett include Red Whiskers in Billy Budd at the George Enescu International Festival, Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro at Staatsoper Berlin, Soothsayer in the world premiere of Battistelli’s Julius Caesar at Opera di Roma, Bardolfo in Falstaff at the Grange Park Opera, and Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Opera Zuid, Festival d’Aix en Provence and Beijing Music Festival. He is also directing his own new version of Der Schauspieldirektor for Opera Zuid.

Past appearances have included Triquet in Eugene Onegin at the Scottish Opera‚ Henri Clerval in Frankenstein and Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd at La Monnaie and Bergen Opera, Red Whiskers in Billy Budd at Teatro Real Madrid‚ Opera di Roma and Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Rev. Horace Adams in Peter Grimes at Teatro alla Scala and Aldeburgh Festival‚ Valzacchi in Der Rosenkavalier at Glyndebourne Festival‚ Emperor in Turandot at the Northern Ireland Opera‚ Mr Lovelace in A Harlot’s Progress (world premiere) at Theater an der Wien‚ Cura in Il Postino (world premiere), Arnalta in L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro at the Los Angeles Opera‚ Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Teatro alla Scala‚ Sellem in The Rake’s Progress with the Birmingham Symphony‚ and Pisandro in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Amsterdam‚ Antwerp‚ Lisbon‚ Sydney and New York.

His many operatic world premieres include Rosa‚ a horse opera‚ Broken Strings/Snatched by the Gods‚ Gassir the hero‚ Alice at the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam‚ A King Riding at La Monnaie and TEA at Suntory Hall‚ Tokyo. He has performed in national premieres of Die Soldaten at the English National Opera and Die Wände at Oper Frankfurt. Other 20th century roles include Dov in The Knot Garden at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden‚ and Aschenbach in Death in Venice at Teatro Carlo Felice Genova. Baroque performances include Scarlatti’s Il Telemaco at Opéra de Nice‚ Provenzale’s La Stellidaura Vendicante at La Monnaie and La Didone in Lausanne and Montpellier.

In concert, Christopher has sung with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Concertgebouw Orkest, amongst many others.