Bass Christof Fischesser was born in Wiesbaden and studied voice with Martin Gründler at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. In 2000, he won First Prize at the Federal Singing Competition in Berlin, followed by an engagement at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. In 2004, he moved to Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. From 2012 to 2015, he was a member of the ensemble at Zurich Opera House, with which he has maintained a close working relationship ever since. Guest engagements have taken him to, among others, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, the Opéra national de Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Semperoper Dresden, the Opéra de Lyon, the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the opera house in Antwerp. His wide-ranging repertoire includes roles such as King Marke in "Tristan und Isolde", Landgrave in "Tannhäuser", King Heinrich in "Lohengrin", Gurnemanz in "Parsifal", Sarastro in "Die Zauberflöte", Figaro in "Le nozze di Figaro", Banquo in "Macbeth", Méphistophélès in "Faust" and Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau in "Der Rosenkavalier". Numerous CD and DVD recordings document his artistic work. At Zurich Opera House, he has appeared, among other roles, as King Heinrich, Orest in "Elektra", Kaspar, Daland, Gremin, Gurnemanz, Marchese di Calatrava and Padre Guardiano in "La forza del destino", Hunding in "Die Walküre" and Jacopo Fiesco in "Simon Boccanegra". In the 2026/27 season, he will once again appear in Wagner operas at Zurich Opera House, including "Tannhäuser" and "Die Walküre".

