Tenor Charles Workman is a versatile artist who first established himself as one of the leading interpreters of the Rossini and Mozart repertoire. In recent years, he has earned widespread acclaim for his performances in more dramatic and heldentenor roles, as well as in twentieth-century and contemporary opera.

Following early debuts at the Metropolitan Opera and other major American opera houses, Workman moved to Europe in 1995. Since then, he has enjoyed a highly successful international career, appearing with many of the world’s leading opera houses and orchestras, including the Salzburg Festival, the Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, La Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Staatsoper Berlin, La Fenice Venice, and the opera houses of Geneva, Zurich, Lyon, Brussels, Munich, Hamburg, Rome, Naples, Prague, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, and many others.

Among the highlights of his current season are Nagg in Kurtág’s Fin de Partie at the Vienna State Opera and Aegisth in Elektra at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. In July 2027, he returns to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to perform the role of Aegisth.

Recent engagements include Herodes in Salome (Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Teatro di San Carlo Naples, and Teatro Massimo Palermo), San Giovanni in Handel’s La resurrezione (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Laca Klemeň in Jenůfa (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Walter in Die Passagierin (Bavarian State Opera Munich), Aegisth in Elektra (Royal Opera House, London), Yannakos in Martinů’s The Greek Passion (Salzburg Festival), Polonius in Brett Dean’s Hamlet (Bavarian State Opera Munich), Malatestino dall’Occhio in Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Éléazar in La Juive (Staatsoper Hannover), the title roles in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Israeli Opera Tel Aviv), La clemenza di Tito(Lucerne Festival and Salzburg Festival), Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), and Idomeneo(Teatro dell’Opera di Roma). Other notable appearances include Boris in Káťa Kabanová (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Tempo in Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Salzburg Festival), Alwa in Lulu (Hamburg State Opera and Vienna State Opera), Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos (Vienna State Opera and Bavarian State Opera Munich), Paul in Die tote Stadt (Hamburg State Opera and Staatstheater Meiningen), Edmund in Reimann’s Lear (Salzburg Festival), Nobile in both the world premiere and the British premiere of Thomas Adès’ The Exterminating Angel (Salzburg Festival and Royal Opera House, London), Drum Major in Wozzeck (Grand Théâtre de Genève), Albert Gregor in The Makropulos Affair (San Francisco Opera), as well as the title role in La Damnation de Faust and Alviano in Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten (both for Opéra de Lyon).

Charles Workman is a graduate of The Juilliard School and holds both Swiss and British citizenship.