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The as well as an Artist Diploma from Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music; and his Master of Arts in Musical Performance Early Music from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland (September 2016-July 2018), where he studied with Ulrich Messthaler.
Praised for his precision, clarity, and dramatic intelligence, Christopher Wattam is an established performer of the oratorio and concert repertoire. His recent performances include Amor Divino in Johann Joseph Fux' Cristo nell'Orto at the Collegium St. Michel Fribourg, Switzerland, Dietrich Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri at Basel's Peterskirche, Monteverdi’s Vespro Veneziano with the La Cetra Barockorchester Basel conducted by Andrea Marcon at the Chiesa Collegio Papio in Ascona, Helmut Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern at the Zürich Opernhaus, and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass at the Kathedrale St. Mariä Himmelfahrt in Chur. He is also a dynamic operatic and stage performer, having performed Renaud in Lully's Armide at Schloss Valtice in the Czech Republic, Henry Lawes' The Triumph of Peace in Paris under the direction of Benjamin Lazar, and Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S Pinafore with Toronto Operetta Theatre. |
