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 ...

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, ...

Countertenor John Holiday in the MPR studios on Tuesday. Holiday said he didn't know what a countertenor was until his vocal teacher in college told him he was one. When it comes to staying informed ...

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 ...

National Sawdust will present the world premiere of COUNTERTENOR, a multisensory concert exploring the falsetto voice, created and performed by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. A celebration of ...

The viol consort and the countertenor voice were once relics of the past. But the historically informed performance movement has revived music written for this combination of instruments and voice, ...

The versatile singer, who emphasizes self-acceptance, says his mission is to be a bridge from the classical community to pop, jazz and R&B. And if... When John Holiday sings Vivaldi’s aria “Ah, ...

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 2013, Anthony Roth Costanzo, a countertenor, visited a middle school in the Bronx to talk to a sixth-grade class about opera. He asked the kids what they knew about opera and good-naturedly ...