| Birth Date: | 12 March 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Operatic baritone |
Christopher Bolduc (born March 12, 1980) is an American operatic baritone. A national semi-finalist in the 2007 and 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, first prize winner in the 2009 Sullivan Foundation competition and 2011 recipient of a $50,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation, Bolduc made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2013 in Nico Muhly's opera Two Boys and currently sings leading roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America.
Bolduc was born in Albany, New York, and graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase with a Bachelor of Music and from the Indiana University School of Music with both a Master of Music and honorary Performer's Certificate. He then attended the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia where he met his current voice teacher Bill Schuman. He apprenticed first with Santa Fe Opera before making professional debuts at Central City Opera, Palm Beach Opera and Fort Worth Opera. In 2010, Bolduc joined Theater Basel's Oper Avenir program which led to many opportunities in the European opera houses.
| Role | Opera | Composer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demetrius | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Benjamin Britten | |
| Sid | Albert Herring | Benjamin Britten | |
| Billy Budd | Billy Budd | Benjamin Britten | |
| Malatesta | Don Pasquale | Gaetano Donizetti | |
| Belcore | L'elisir d'amore | Gaetano Donizetti | |
| Valentin | Faust | Charles Gounod | |
| Mercutio | Roméo et Juliette | Charles Gounod | |
| Marcello, Schaunard | La bohème | Giacomo Puccini | |
| Sharpless | Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | |
| Lescaut | Manon Lescaut | Giacomo Puccini | |
| Lescaut | Manon | Jules Massenet | |
| Albert | Werther | Jules Massenet | |
| Papageno | Die Zauberflöte | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Guglielmo | Così fan tutte | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Il Conte di Almaviva | Le nozze di Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Ramiro | L'heure espagnole | Maurice Ravel | |
| Figaro | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Gioachino Rossini | |
| Onegin | Eugene Onegin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |
| Robert | Iolanta | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |
| Yeletsky | Pique Dame | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |
| Gunther | Götterdämmerung | Richard Wagner | |
| Der Heerrufer des Königs | Lohengrin | Richard Wagner |
| Role | Piece | Composer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soloist | Ein deutsches Requiem | Johannes Brahms | |
| Soloist | War Requiem | Benjamin Britten | |
| Soloist | Elijah | Felix Mendelssohn | |
| Soloist | Carmina Burana | Carl Orff |