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 ...

Classic FM’s Catherine Bott has joined a chorus of musicians in tribute to the singer who – through acclaimed recordings and the sheer beauty of his singing – helped revolutionise his voice type, and ...

Wherever I sing, even if it's at the Metropolitan Opera, I feel like at least 50 percent of the audience has never heard a countertenor before. And if you're outside of the Opera House in real life, ...

The singer Cezar Ouatu wowed the judges with his performance of Puccini's Nessun Dorma. Here's everything you need to know Cezar Ouatu is a Romanian operatic singer who grew up in Italy. He began ...

Despite being one of the first and oldest forms of popular music, opera sometimes struggles to connect with 21st century audiences. However, Anthony Roth Costanzo is breaking down the genre's stodgy ...

I clearly remember when you could count the working countertenors on the fingers of one hand. Now you can hear nearly as many in a single Baroque opera production. Against all odds, the challenge for ...

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.

I was playing piano at the airport when a countertenor walked over and joined the performance. Together, we performed a piece ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

S. Korean Countertenor Choi Sung-hoon Choi Sung-hoon, a member of South Korean male crossover vocal group La Poem, poses for ...

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 ...