“The bass-baritone, Christopher Humbert Jr., was a tall, imposing lieutenant Zuniga, with powerful voice that radiated rank and authority.”
BIOGRAPHY
Described as beholding ‘clarion vocal power’, ‘commanding presence’ and ‘Infectious character and charisma’ (operawire.com)…
Bass-baritone Christopher Humbert Jr, native of Akron, Ohio has proven a favorite with several audiences across the United States. Recently, Humbert made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as a member of the 2025 Young Singers Project. His performances included the world premiere of Sebastian Schwab and David Boesch’s Musketiere! in the role of Meister Wu, as well as Fouqier Tinville in the concert performance of Andrea Chenier, under the baton of Marco Armilliato. Humbert was chosen as a member of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center (2023-2026). During the 2025-2026 season, he can be seen onstage in Cherubini's haunting opera, Medea (Captain of the Guard), Salome (Second Soldier) and Madama Butterfly (Imperial Commissioner). Other highlights include Rigoletto (Count Ceprano), Fidelio (2nd Prisoner), and Blue (3rd Police Buddy) in the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Other appearances around the United States also include Carmen (Zuniga), I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Capellio), Die Zauberflöte (First Priest) and Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas) with Palm Beach Opera, Agrippina (Pallante), with Florida Grand Opera, Omar (Olufemi) with Boston Lyric Opera, Madama Butterfly (Bonze) with Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Don Giovanni (Il Commendatore) with Opera Columbus, and Oklahoma! (Jud Fry) with The Seagle Festival
In the spring of 2020, Humbert made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist with Manhattan Concert Productions in the performance of Ralph Vaughan WIlliams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. Additionally, he made his debut under the baton of David Robertson, in Haydn’s Creation with the Seattle Symphony, where his listeners “[…] relaxed and leaned forward, knowing we were in good hands” (Operawire.com) In addition to his stage accolades, he was recently named one of the recipients of the Shsoshana Foundation’s, Richard F. Gold Career Grant in 2023, an honor bestowed upon emerging artists with great promise of an operatic career.
That same year, he was named a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in St. Louis, Missouri. His other competition credits include the American Opera Society of Chicago Distinguished Male Voice Award (2024), First place award in Opera Guild of Dayton’s Tri-State Vocal Competition (2019) Humbert has also been featured on St. Louis Missouri’s Channel Nine station for the inaugural “Songs for St. Louis” televised concert series, and has been featured multiple time in the Ryan Opera Center recital series on Chicago’s WFMT Classical radio station. In addition to opera, Mr. Humbert is a frequented oratorio and concert soloist with multiple interpretations of Bach (Johannes-Passion), Händel (Messiah), Mozart (Requiem, Thamos König in Ägypten), Schütz (Mathäus-Passion) Haydn (The Creation, Nelson Mass) and Verdi (Messa di Requiem). His narration credits most recently include an engagement with Vista Philharmonic Orchestra, Aaron Copland’s musical memorial, Lincoln Portrait under the sturdy baton of Bruce Hangen.
Humbert currently holds a Master’s Degree in Opera Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and is a graduate of the Capital University Conservatory of Music. He would like to thank his closest advisors and mentors, along with his beautiful mother, Karen for continuously being a beacon of light and support throughout his career.
What People Are Saying…
“Christopher Humbert Jr. AS ZUNIGA, LEFT THE AUDIENCE WANTING MORE. HIS BOOMING VOICE AND HUMOROUS SCOWL ADDED A REFRESHING LAYER ON STAGE.”
— Palm Beach Daily News
“Humbert’s soulful performance of aeneas was particularly moving […] combined with Humbert’s excellent interpretation, created a conflicted hero dripping with pathos.”
— Palm Beach Arts Paper