Nigel Perrin, who has died aged 76, was an agile countertenor with a beautiful clean line and an infectious personality who did much to define the character, sound and style of the King’s Singers in ...
He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles in Britten operas. By Neil Genzlinger James Bowman, a British ...
Opera star Anthony Roth Costanzo takes us through a day in the life of a countertenor as he prepares for an evening performance at the Met. The Grammy-winning vocalist, starring in Philip Glass’s ...
Both of these performances bring the same artistry, the same complete investment of soul and self, the same devastating power of authentic expression that activates our own emotions, our memories of ...
A revival of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” this summer at Glyndebourne, an English opera festival, features three countertenors with three different sounds. By David Belcher It’s a good time to be a ...
NEW YORK -- Jordan Rutter-Covatto is professional countertenor based in New York City. People hearing him perform for the first time are sometimes taken by surprise, because his singing voice sounds ...