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 ...

The British countertenor, who’s riding the crest of a wave this year, talks about his passion for good storytelling in opera, his favourite roles and the art of Zen Buddhism.

Fresh, funny and frivolous, Handel’s 1730 opera Partenope about four suitors vying for the hand of Queen Partenope (the mythical founder of the city of Naples), is turned into a parody of 1920s Paris ...

This week's concert of Vivaldi and Handel at the Chamber Music Society (CMS)--with countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, oboist James Austin Smith and harpist Bridget Kibbey--whipped the audience into a ...

When Mikah Meyer auditions for a role, he not only competes against other male countertenors, but against female mezzo-sopranos, too. The sounds the voices produce are that similar. This led Meyer to ...

David Daniels, countertenor; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington, conductor (Virgin Veritas). David Daniels’ reputation as the megastar of countertenors precedes him everywhere. He ...

Fifty years ago, the only place to find a countertenor-a male voice approximately equal in range to a mezzo-soprano-was in an English cathedral choir, and Baroque opera was rarely performed. But look ...

Sunday afternoon at Hertz Hall, David Daniels may have finally put to rest the old question about what countertenors can or should sing. Where this countertenor is concerned, there don’t seem to be ...