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Vince Yi

Countertenor Vince Yi is the latest revelation in the new generation of soprano tessitura countertenors. Blessed with a "blazing" upper register, Yi has the vocal arsenal to shine in the roles penned for the Soprano Castrati of the Baroque era.

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“Yi has a voice like no other, velvety, gorgeous, effortless …”

With reviews like this resounding in our ears, it is clear that, with the arrival of Vince Yi, a new counter-tenor star is born. Born in South Korea, he grew up in California, and studied at Boston University and the University of Michigan. While still a student his remarkable vocal talents were recognised with a string of awards, (including The Shoshana Foundation Richard F. Gold Career Grant, previous winners of which have included Reneé Fleming and David Daniels), and critically-acclaimed performances. One critic wrote: “Vince Yi blew our socks off”; another exclaimed: “ … my jaw  … dropped all the way to the floor … ” His repertoire already ranges from Monteverdi (Nerone in L’Incoronazione di Poppea), Charpentier and Bach, to Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Cardinal/Oracle in Philip Glass’s Galileo Galilei.

In 2007 he gained a place as the only counter-tenor on San Franciso Opera’s prestigious Merola Program for young artists, following in the footsteps of such international stars as Anna Netrebko and Thomas Hampson. Here, he sang roles as diverse as Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo and the lead in Handel’s Giulio Cesare. In 2009 he made his Carnegie Hall debut under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation “The Song Continues” series. Now rapidly forging an international reputation, he arrived on European stages singing the male lead in Johann Adolf Hasse’s Piramo e Tisbe (Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2012). He has since appeared in the dazzling “Gala Night of Countertenors” at the Palace of Versailles, which has recently been recorded and will tour Europe in the coming season. Future plans also include three productions of Purcell’s The Indian Queen, including his house debut at the Teatro Real, Madrid, directed by Peter Sellars, the title-role in Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse, (Opéra Royal de Versailles, Cologne Opera, Concertgebouw Amsterdam) and a CD recording of Hasse’s long-forgotten Solimano, exotic even for opera seria, with scenes involving elephants and moonlight over Babylon.

“ … Vince Yi … a real discovery … impeccable technique and a blazing top … “ (der-neue-merkur.eu)
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