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 Northern Opera Group as well as appearing at major festivals including the London Handel Festival, The Lake District Summer Music Festival and the Brighton Early Music Festival. Recent engagements include creating the role of the Weather Reporter in Laura Bowler and Sam Redway’s new cli-fi opera The Girl With The Hurricane Brain with Danish ensemble Lydenskab at the Copenhagen Opera 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 since 1960.
Best of the bunch was countertenor Joseph Bolger, whose Erbarme dich was compelling, its long lines gorgeously sculpted