Countertenor
Countertenor Joseph Bolger has worked with companies including Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Music Theatre Wales, Ars Nova France, New Chamber Opera, Armonico Consort and Eboracum Baroque as well as appearing at major festivals including the London Handel Festival, The Lake District Summer Music Festival and the Brighton Early Music Festival.
Joseph studied music at Pembroke College, Oxford before undertaking vocal studies at The Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. In 2021 he completed his Ph.D in musicology at King’s College London, supervised by Daniel Leech-Wilkinson. His thesis examined the social contexts of early music singing in Britain today.
Best of the bunch was countertenor Joseph Bolger, whose Erbarme dich was compelling, its long lines gorgeously sculpted