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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

When Anthony Roth Costanzo opens his mouth onstage, audiences usually are a little surprised, and that’s how Costanzo likes it. “It's a kind of shocking thing for people who've never heard one before, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 world-renowned countertenor discusses building The Grange Festival from scratch, balancing adventurous programming with ...