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Christopher Farley

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Christopher Blake Farley is a baritone from Morris, Alabama. Christopher had his first formal voice lesson as a freshman in college at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Alongside his teacher, Dr. Won Cho, Mr. Farley discovered his passion for opera, art song, and musical theatre. While at UAB Christopher would make his professional debut with Opera Birmingham as Friar Jean in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, then appear in Opera Birmingham's production of Tosca as Sciaronne, win the Birmingham Music Club Guild's annual Scholarship Competition, sing his first full leading role (Horace Tabor in Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe) at the Harrower Summer Opera Workshop at Georgia State, as well as take home first prize in Alabama NATS in the 4th Year Men's division and an encouragement award at the Metropolitan Opera Competition. 

Mr. Farley accepted a full tuition scholarship to the Mannes College of Music at the New School to study Vocal Performance for his Master of Music degree. He would study with the famous soprano and teacher Ruth Falcon until she unfortunately passed away. Christopher resumed his studies with Beth Roberts, finishing the degree in her voice studio. While at Mannes, Christopher was engaged in professional opportunities with the Eurasia Festival singing Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni, and with Hogfish Opera in Maine covering Zuniga in Bizet's Carmen both were unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. 


Christopher is an avid lover of art song, particularly lieder, and songs from the British Isles. In his first semester as a Doctoral candidate at the University of Alabama, he offered a recital combining both of these passions entitled, "And I Have Lived and Loved" drawing the title from text of the final song, "I Have trod the Upward and the Downward Slope" of Vaughan Williams' masterwork, The Songs of Travel. These songs as well as Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and selected songs from Dichterliebe rounded out the recital. Later the same semester Mr. Farley would appear as Giuseppe in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers. The following semester, Christopher was cast in the titular role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with the University of Alabama Opera Theatre, Gabriel von Eisenstein with Opera Huntsville in Die Fledermaus, and as a cover for Enrico in Druid City Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor.

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