At an age when most American boys were hitting a baseball, Bejun Mehta was hitting high notes. A child prodigy, Bejun was singing his heart out and gaining fame. But fame was fleeting. His voice ...
There is one voice — and one opera star — soaring particularly high this season. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is leading music in new and thrilling directions as he brings his incredible voice ...
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 ...
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 ...
In 1999, during the run-up to the premiere of John Corigliano's "Dylan Thomas Trilogy," the featured boy soprano experienced an unfortunate physiological event: his voice had changed. So 16-year-old ...
When John Holiday sings Vivaldi’s aria “Ah, ch'infelice sempre” (Ah, how unhappy always), as he did with the Academy of Ancient Music in a 12th century church in London, he’s singing about loneliness, ...
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 ...
Lately you may have noticed the omnipresence of a new opera star, a handsome young man with a rakish beard, gazing out from the covers of opera magazines and CD jewel cases. His name is David Daniels, ...