Philippe Jaroussky is one suave countertenor. Were there an early music Rat Pack, he could lead it. Appearing with the Venice Baroque Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday, Jaroussky, who ...

A friend was buying tickets over the phone for a Canadian Opera Company performance when the salesperson issued a warning: "You do realize, sir, that this production features two countertenors?" That ...

San Diego Early Music Society began its 40th season with an astonishing concert Sunday night. French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, accompanied by Ensemble Artaserse, thrilled a sold-out crowd at St ...

to appear with the superlative period-instrument ensemble? In an unusual move, the orchestra was nowhere to be seen or heard Saturday at the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Mixon Hall. Instead, the ...

With members of Venice Baroque Orchestra. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PHILIPPE.JAROUSSKY THE FRENCHMAN interacts with fans at the autograph-signing in HK City Hall. FRAN ...

One afternoon last July, a small, anxious crowd gathered in the lobby of Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, hoping for a glimpse of Philippe Jaroussky, the young French countertenor who was to give a Baroque ...

Philippe Jaroussky cuts a masculine figure on the cover of his new album, Farinelli: Porpora Arias, but you might do a double take upon hearing the music. The arias the French opera singer performs on ...

This concert was largely devoted to music written by two rival operatic composers (Handel and Porpora) for two rival castrati singers (Carestini and Farinelli). What it offered was another platform ...

Philippe Jaroussky, described by Germany’s Die Zeit as “the Apollo of countertenors’, stands out among his many talented contemporaries as much for the soprano-like beauty of his tone as for the ...

The countertenor delivered a promising if imperfect performance in the program presented by Boston Early Music Festival at Jordan Hall. Ask any classical music listener to name the three most ...

Countertenors are a decidedly acquired taste — men who are trained to sing in the manner of women, or more accurately, in the style of the castrati, those singers hundreds of years ago who were ...