French tenor Christophe Mortagne is in demand for character tenor roles at major houses around the world including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan, the Dutch National Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He has worked with conductors including Fabio Luisi, Marc Minkowski and Antonio Pappano, as well as directors such as Stefan Herheim, Kasper Holten and Laurent Pelly.

His broad repertoire includes Don Curzio (Le nozze di Figaro), Monsieur Triquet (Eugene Onegin), Schmidt (Werther), Spalanzani (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), le Roi Bobèche (Offenbach’s Barbe-Bleue), the title role in Offenbach’s Le Roi Carotte, Dr Caïus (Falstaff); Goro (Madama Butterfly) and Aegisth (Elektra).

Mortagne studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and is a former member of La Comédie Française. His recordings include Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Royal Opera House/Sony DVD; Bregenz Festival/Unitel Classica DVD) and La Vie Parisienne (Opéra de Lyon/Virgin DVD); L’Étoile (Dutch National Opera/Naxos DVD); and Eugene Onegin (Royal Opera House/Opus Arte).