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 ...

Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński is mobilized for operatic stardom, and then some. Microphones love his richly colored falsetto voice, magazine covers like his looks.And behind a dense schedule of ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.

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 ...

The resourceful singer is unafraid to bring opera — and his high-flying top notes — to unlikely places, from sixth-grade classrooms to the... Anthony Roth Costanzo: A Countertenor For The 21st Century ...

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, ...

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 ...

On Sunday, Oct. 28, musician-composers Nels Cline and Ryland Angel premiered their project “The Call” at Ted Mann Concert Hall. In preparation for the performance, Cline and Angel spent a week working ...

Listening to a man singing like a female soprano can make some people uneasy. But the ears quickly adjust when the voice is John Holiday's. At age 33, Holiday is considered one of the finest ...

A Janesville man who was sent to the Royal Academy of Music in London on proceeds from a benefit concert has become the youngest singer—and only countertenor—to win a prestigious singing contest. In ...

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 ...

Jakub Jozef Orlinski says he was an active kid growing up in Poland, like... ORLINSKI: Rollerblading in a very extreme way in skate parks - I did all those tricks. I did skiing with tricks, ...