Christopher Humbert, Jr.

Originally from Akron, Ohio, the third-year Ryan Opera Center bass-baritone will appear at Lyric this season in Medea, Salome, and Madama Butterfly. In 2024/25 he sang Ceprano/Rigoletto, 2nd Prisoner/Fidelio, and 3rd Policeman/Blue. Humbert has performed widely throughout his home state, including appearances with Opera Columbus, Mid-Ohio Opera, and Nightingale Opera Theatre. Other engagements include Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, the Seagle Festival, Utah Festival Opera, and Annapolis Opera. Humbert was invited for the 2025 Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival and is a former participant in the artist-development programs at Palm Beach Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Concert appearances include Carnegie Hall (debut as baritone soloist in Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem) and the Erie Philharmonic. Recipient of a 2025 Luminarts Cultural Foundation Men’s Voice Fellowship and a 2024 American Opera Society of Chicago Scholarship Award, Humbert holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and a Master of Music degree from Boston Conservatory.

Christopher Humbert, Jr. is sponsored by Lead Sponsor Patricia Frank and cosponsors Maria C. Green & Oswald G. Lewis, Mary Houston, in loving memory of James Houston, and the Bill & Orli Staley Foundation.

Last updated: September 3, 2025