The Austrian tenor Rudolf Christ (b. 1916) was born in Vienna where the larger part of his career was spent either in the Volksoper or Staatsoper, where he specialised in comprimario rôles. He studied with Alfred Vogel and then spent a number of years as a chorister at the Volksoper. He made his solo début at Innsbruck in 1941 and worked in Zurich between 1946 and 1949. Christ then joined the Vienna Volksoper, later becoming a member of the opera at Düsseldorf-Duisberg in 1956. He was a regular performer at the Salzburg Festival. Christ also appeared in Belgium and Italy.
