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El Niño Countertenors


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Daniel Bubeck, countertenor, has performed throughout the world as a specialist in baroque music as well as contemporary music. He has performed with the Tokyo Symphony, Royal Flanders Philharmonic, Radio Filharmonisch Holland, Indianapolis Symphony, American Bach Soloists and Theatre of Voices under Paul Hillier. He has performed under such renowned conductors as Esa Peka Salonen, Kent Nagano, Robert Spano, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Christopher Hogwood, Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan and Bruno Weil. Mr. Bubeck made his professional debut in the premiere of John Adams’ El Niño and has appeared in this piece throughout the world, including performances with the Theatre du Paris- Châtelet, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester-Berlin, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony.  He can be heard in the Nonesuch recording of El Niñoas well as the Art Haus Musik DVD. Recent performances include selections from the Philip Glass’ Akhnaten with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by John Adams and performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Princeton and San Francisco.  In 2004 he sang in the American premiere of Lost Objects at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Concerto Köln, music by David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon. That year he also appeared with the Tokyo Symphony in Hans Werner Henze’s Das verratene Meer.  Upcoming engagements include the role of Guido in Handel’s Falvio with New York City Opera. Mr. Bubeck is completing his Doctoral degree in voice at Indiana University.

 

Brian Cummings, countertenor, studied Early Music at Indiana University working with Paul Elliott, Paul Hillier, and Nigel North.  Equally at home performing contemporary works, Mr. Cummings made his professional debut in the world premiere of John Adams’ El Nino in Paris and has appeared in performances of this piece throughout the world, including with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Tokyo Symphony. He performs regularly with the young early opera company American Opera Theater (formerly Ignoti Dei Opera), including singing the role of David in their production of Charpentier's David et Jonathas and Iarbo in Cavalli's Didone. He has also been soloist with the Dresdner Kreuzchor (Germany) and in the Washington and Bloomington Early Music Festivals.  Under Paul Hillier, he has sung with the Theatre of Voices and Pro Arte Singers and can be heard on their recordings for harmonia mundi.  In France, he sings with groups such as Les Arts Florissants, Opera Fuoco, Ensemble Européen William Byrd, and Ensemble Entheos.  Mr. Cummings currently resides in Paris where he studies with Guillemette Laurens.

 

 

Steven Rickards, countertenor, has likewise sung John Adams's El Niño with many of the leading symphony orchestras of the world as well as for the CD and DVD productions. He has also appeared at the BBC Proms in London, New York's Mostly Mozart Festival, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Tokyo, San Francisco, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Virginia.  He has appeared with numerous “period music “ensembles including Tafelmusik, Handel & Haydn Society, Chanticleer, Theatre of Voices, American Bach Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and the New London Consort. He has sung at Carnegie Hall with the Oratorio Society of New York and was the soloist for the US premiere of Michael Nyman’s Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence at Alice Tully Hall. He has recorded for Chanticleer, Decca, Dorian, Four Winds, Gothic, Harmonia Mundi, Koch, Newport Classics, Smithsonian and Teldec and has two solo recordings on the Naxos label with the lutenist Dorothy Linell. Steven Rickards holds a Doctorate from Florida State University and teaches at Butler University and the University of Indianapolis.

 

Paul Flight, countertenor, has sung with the Waverly Consort, New York Collegium, American Bach Soloists, San Francisco Bach Choir, the Concord Ensemble and Theatre of Voices in El Niño with the Atlanta Symphony, at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, Malmo Opera in Sweden and Den Norske Opera in Oslo.  He sang the title role of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten with Oakland Opera to much acclaim and appeared in Mexico City at the 31st Festival Internacional Cervantino. An active conductor, he has been a regular guest conductor for the Madison Early Music Festival and for the San Francisco Early Music Society and has conducted operas of Holst and Milhaud at Mills College.  Paul Flight completed his Doctor of Music degree at Indiana University, where his studies focused on the Venetian composer Giovanni Croce (1557-1609).  He helped create a retrospective on Croce’s music for the nationally syndicated radio program "Harmonia." He has recorded for the Dorian, Harmonia Mundi, and Glissando labels.

 

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Daniel Bubeck, countertenor 1, made his professional debut in the premiere of John Adams's El Niño, directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Kent Nagano at the Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet.  He has since then performed in El Niño on four continents in more than 20 different productions with the BBC Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester-Berlin, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Radio Filharmonisch Holland, Malmø Opera, Tokyo Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Orchestra of St. Lukes, Ravinia Festival and the Adelaide Festival.  He has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kent Nagano, Robert Spano, David Robertson, Daniel Reuss, Sian Edwards and Bruno Weil. He has sung the title roles of Scarlatti’s Tigrane at the Bloomington Early Music Festival, Handel’s Rinaldo with Baltimore’s Opera Vivente and Giulio Cesare at Indiana University, as well as Handel’s Flavio and Partenope at New York City Opera and Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Princeton Festival. He has been featured in concerts of Handel arias with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Handel’s Messiah at New York’s St. Thomas Church, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with American Bach Soloists and Carmina Burana in São Paulo, Brazil as well as in excerpts from Phillip Glass' Akhnaten with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by John Adams, Henze's Das verratene Meer with the Tokyo Symphony, the American Premiere of Lost Objects with Concerto Köln, music by David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon and New York City Opera’s VOX new music project.

Daniel Bubeck can be heard on recordings of John Adams' El Niño with Kent Nagano and the Masses of William Byrd with the Indiana Pro Arte under Paul Hillier. He also sang for the soundtrack of the Warner Brothers thriller I Am Legend, starring Will Smith. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Daniel Bubeck holds degrees from Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory and the University of Delaware.  He studied additionally at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, the Salzburg Mozarteum, Attersee Barock Akademie and Oberlin Conservatory's Baroque Performance Institute. He was a winner in the Gerda Lissner, Liederkranz Society and Sullivan Career Grant Voice competitions.

 

Brian Cummings, countertenor 2, studied Early Music at Indiana University working with Paul Elliott, Paul Hillier, and Nigel North.  Equally at home performing contemporary works, Mr. Cummings made his professional debut in the premiere of John Adams’ El Nino in Paris and has appeared in performances of this piece throughout the world including Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and the Tokyo Symphony under such conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Robert Spano, David Robertson, John Adams and Kent Nagano. He recently appeared in the title role of Handel's Giulio Cesare with Opera Fuoco under David Stern. He performs regularly with the American Opera Theater, including singing the role of David in their production of Charpentier's David et Jonathas and Iarbo/Corebo in Cavalli's Didone. He has also appeared as a soloist at the Washington and Bloomington Early Music Festivals.  He sang with Paul Hillier in Theatre of Voices and the Pro Arte Singers and can be heard on their recordings for Harmonia Mundi as well as the recording and DVD of El Niño. In France, he sings with Les Arts Florissants, Opera Fuoco, Ensemble Entheos, Les Musiciens de Mars and Renaissance 8.  Mr. Cummings currently resides in Paris where he studies with Guillemette Laurens.

 

Nathan Medley, countertenor 3, is equally at home on both the operatic and concert stages, performing repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary.  He has interpreted and covered roles such as Le Peinture in Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissant (at the Boston Early Music Festival), Dema in Cavalli’s L’Egisto, Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Ottone in Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea under direction of Stephen Stubbs, winning praise from Cleveland critics for an interpretation “sung with baroque perfection.” In 2010 he covered the role of Ottone for Juilliard Opera Center under direction of Harry Bickett. On the concert stage Mr. Medley frequently performs in recitals and oratorios including Handel’s Messiah, Carissimi’s Jephta, and Bach’s St. John Passion. He is a core member of two early music ensembles, Echoing Air and Vox et Digitas, giving performances with them throughout the U.S.  Upon receiving a Theodore Presser Grant, he pursued the study of modern countertenor repertoire and has premiered many compositions to promote awareness and grow the contemporary repertoire for this voice.  He studied at Oberlin Conservatory where he worked with Gerald Crawford, Webb Wiggins, and Jonathan Field.

 

Andrew Rader, cover, is a member of LIBER: Ensemble for Early Music and has performed with them throughout the United States, He has also sung in solo and ensemble projects ¡Sacabuche! Ensemble, Belle Meade Baroque of Nashville, Magnificat Baroque in Berkeley, California and Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Indianapolis. Sharing the stage with ARTEK, the Verbruggen Ensemble, AVE, Music’s Re-creation and Archetti, he performed at the Chicago, Bloomington and Berkeley Early Music Festivals during the 2010 season. He is a founding member and Co-Director of Vox Reflexa and director of the Vox Reflexa Consort. His stage performances include Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Händel’s Giulio Cesare in which he sang the title role. Other solo engagements have included Bach’s St. John Passion, Purcell’s Come, Ye Sons of Art, and Fire and Ice: Michelangelo the Writer, the Vivaldi Gloria and Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Vecchi’s L’Amfiparnaso in Berkeley, California, and Bach’s Cantata “Ein feste Berg,” in Magdeburg, Germany. Throughout his singing career, he has sung under Warren Stewart with Magnificat Baroque, Dr. Murray Forbes Somerville, Dr. Raphael Bundage, Eiddwen Harrhy and Nigel North. A graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, his teachers have included Diane Pulte, Christine Isley-Farmer and Paul Elliott. In 2009, Mr. Rader was the first place winner of the Grace Moore Memorial Scholarship Competition, Young Artist Division.

 

Steven Rickards, vocal coach, sang John Adams's El Niño with many of the leading symphony orchestras and conductors of the world as well as for the CD and DVD productions. He has appeared at the BBC Proms in London, New York's Mostly Mozart Festival, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Tokyo, San Francisco, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Virginia.  He has appeared with numerous “period music “ensembles including Tafelmusik, Handel & Haydn Society, Chanticleer, Theatre of Voices, American Bach Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and the New London Consort. He has sung at Carnegie Hall in El Ninõ and was the soloist for the US premiere of Michael Nyman’s Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence at Alice Tully Hall. He has recorded for Chanticleer, Decca, Dorian, Four Winds, Gothic, Harmonia Mundi, Koch, Newport Classics, Smithsonian and Teldec and has two solo recordings on the Naxos label with the lutenist Dorothy Linell. Steven Rickards holds a Doctorate from Florida State University and teaches at Butler University, Marian University and the University of Indianapolis.