Tobias Cole: The Countertenor

Overview

What is this ancient unusual voice coming out of a grown man? Trace the remarkable evolution of the countertenor, with singer extraordinaire Tobias Cole and pianist Linus Lee, in a musical journey spanning 1940s wartime England to Eurovision 2025.

From the groundbreaking moment when mid-twentieth-century composer Benjamin Britten introduced this new voice type to modern opera, to grand stages around the world, this entertaining and insightful program explores the evolution of the countertenor voice in opera since Britten's innovation, asking: How successfully has this voice type been used, and what does its future hold?