Christopher Larkin is Artistic Director of the Ashlawn Highland Festival and a regular guest of companies throughout North America.  He has appeared on the podiums of the Santa Fe Opera (La Traviata), Washington Opera (Samson et Dalila, I Puritani), New York City Opera (Don Giovanni, La Boheme), Houston Grand Opera (Tosca, Romeo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro), Portland Opera (The Turn of the Screw, La Cenerentola, Il Viaggio a Reims and Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Opera Pacific (Little Women), Florentine Opera and Utah Opera (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Opera Carolina (La Cenerentola), Fort Worth Opera (Falstaff, Little Women, Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Angels in America), Boston Lyric Opera (East Coast premiere of Todd Machover’s Resurrection), Nashville Opera (La Boheme), Utah Opera (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro) Lake George Opera (L’Italiana in Algeri), Kentucky Opera (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Music Academy of the West (Il Viaggio a Reims and La Boheme).  He has also conducted  Floyd’s Susannah at the Wexford Festival and the Brevard Music Center for performances of The Mikado and Little Women.

As Music Director of the New York City Opera National Company, he led national tours of Madama Butterfly and Il Barbiere di Siviglia.  Prior to coming to New York, he held the position of Associate Conductor with Houston Grand Opera.  While in Houston, he led the world premieres of Little Women and Michael Daugherty’s Jackie O with the Houston Opera Studio, and also conducted the highly acclaimed multi-media productions of Carmen, Madama Butterfly, and I Pagliacci.

Maestro Larkin has worked as an Assistant Conductor and vocal coach with several major opera companies in North America, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Vancouver Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company.