Michael Chance (Counter-tenor)

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Michael Chance (Counter-tenor)
Born: March 7, 1955 - Penn Bucks, England
The English counter-tenor, Michael Chance, was a choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge, where he read English. He has subsequently developed a career which spans opera, oratorio, recitals and recordings and he is now regarded as one of the world's leading and most-sought-after counter-tenors. Michael Chance’s stage roles have included Andronico (Tamerlano) with Lyon Opera; Ptolomeo (Giulio Cesare) at the Paris Opera; Cavalli's Giasone for the Innsbruck Festival; Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream) for the Glyndebourne Festival; Ottone (Agrippina) , Ottone (The Coronation of Poppea), Military Governor (Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera) at Kent Opera; Apollo (Death in Venice) for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Covent Garden, and the 1992 Glyndebourne Festival; Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse with the Netherlands Opera and the English National Opera and Rinaldo in Lisbon with Teresa Berganza. His television appearances have included A Night at the Chinese Opera and Death in Venice. Michael Chance's concert performances have taken him all over the world: from New York's Lincoln Center, to the leading venues throughout Western Europe, to Moscow, Budapest, East Berlin and Japan. Among the conductors with whom he performs regularly are Frans Brüggen, John Eliot Gardiner, Franz Welser-Möst, Gustav Leonhardt, Jane Glover, Trevor Pinnock and Nicholas Kraemer. Michael Chance has made well over 70 recordings.

Source: Hyperion Contributed by Galina Kolomietz (February 2001) Website
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Under his name	Alto	Solo recital “The Art of Counter-tenor”: includes, inter alia, selections from BWV 106, BWV 147, BWV 198, BWV 232, BWV 244, BWV 245
Frieder Bernius	Alto	BWV 206, BWV 207a
Frans Brüggen	Alto	BWV 232
Stephen Cleobury	Alto	BWV 12, BWV 234, BWV 243, BWV 244, BWV 245
John Eliot Gardiner	Alto	BWV 11, BWV 37, BWV 43, BWV 66, BWV 106, BWV 147, BWV 198 BWV 232, BWV 244, BWV 245
Thomas Hengelbrock	Alto	BWV 1083
Philippe Herreweghe	Alto	BWV 248
Richard Hickox	Alto	BWV 243
Ton Koopman	Alto	BWV 2, BWV 20, BWV 44, BWV 101, BWV 119, BWV 130, BWV 134, BWV 134a, BWV 180, BWV 193
Philip Pickett	Alto	BWV 248
Purcell Quartet	Alto	BWV 4, BWV 12, BWV 18, BWV 61, BWV 106, BWV 131, BWV 161, BWV 196, BWV 233, BWV 236
Simon Rattle	Alto	BWV 245 [DVD]
Links to other Sites
Michael Chance - Countertenor (Official Homepage) Michael Chance - countertenor (Hyperion) Michael Chance, countertenor (Bach Collegium Japan) Michael Chance (City Choir)			Michael Chance (Warsaw Autumn 2001) Chance, Michael (ArtsWorld) Fretwork with Michael Chance Raphi's Serious Singers List : Countertenors : Michael Chance

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