Jan van der Crabben is a Belgian baritone singer.
Masaaki Suzuki is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and the founder and music director of the Bach Collegium Japan. With this ensemble he is recording the complete choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Swedish label BIS Records, for which he is also recording Bach's concertos, orchestral suites, and solo works for harpsichord and organ. He is also an artist-in-residence at Yale University and the principal guest conductor of its Schola Cantorum, and has conducted orchestras and choruses around the world.
Daniel John Taylor, is a Canadian countertenor, conductor and early music specialist. Taylor directs the Trinity Choir, the Theatre of Early Music and is Professor of Opera, Voice and Early Music at the University of Toronto.
Julianne Baird is an American soubrette and early music soprano. She has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Theatre de la Monnaie, Bach Festival Leipzig amongst many. She has recorded with Christopher Hogwood, John Eliot Gardiner, Joshua Rifkin and sung on five of the world’s continents in both opera and Sacred Music. She has more than 100 recordings to her credit and is a well-traveled recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras. She is also a noted teacher of voice.
The Brockes Passion, or Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus, is a German oratorio, libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, first published in 1712 and seeing 30 or so more editions over the following 15 years.
Rockland Osgood is a contemporary American lyric tenor who has distinguished himself in a wide variety of musical idioms from the Baroque to the latest in Contemporary compositions. He is frequently praised for his exemplary musicianship, eloquence of expression, and immaculate diction.
Alan Bennett is an American lyric tenor known mostly for his performances in concert and oratorio work. He is particularly admired for his interpretations of the works of Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Mozart.
Gillian Keith is a Canadian/British operatic soprano, originally from Toronto, Canada, and living in London, UK.
Fernando De Luca is an Italian harpsichordist, organist, teacher and composer.
Siri Karoline Thornhill is a Norwegian classical soprano for concert and opera, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Marius van Altena, born Marius Hendrikus Schweppe is a Dutch tenor. He was one of the pioneers of historically informed performance of Baroque and Renaissance music. He has also sung Baroque opera, worked as conductor and as an academic teacher.
Núria Rial is a Catalan soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart opera roles, and German, French, Catalan and Castillian art songs.
Carolyn Margaret Sampson is an English soprano in opera and concert. Specialising in historically informed performance, she has sung in Masaaki Suzuki's recording project of Bach cantatas and has appeared at the English National Opera.
Knut Schoch is a German tenor in opera and concert as a specialist in the field of historically informed performance, and an academic voice teacher.
Rogers Henry Lewis Covey-Crump is an English tenor noted for his performances in both early music and contemporary classical music. He has sometimes been identified as an haute-contre tenor. He has performed for over 50 years in choirs and ensembles such as the Hilliard Ensemble, and as a soloist. He has been especially in demand for the part of the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion and St John Passion. He also specialises in vocal tuning, and has written articles on the subject.
Orlanda Velez Isidro is a Portuguese classically trained coloratura soprano. Her preferred genre of music is Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. Since completing her education in Portugal and the Netherlands, she has lived and performed in the Netherlands.
Julian Podger is an English tenor who has appeared mostly in concert in historically informed performance. He took part in the 2000 Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. He also sings in vocal ensembles, and directs his own ensemble, Trinity Baroque.
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen is an American countertenor known for bringing his "ravishing…otherworldly" instrument to a broad range of repertoire spanning the Baroque to the contemporary. Acclaimed as both a "complete artist" and "young star" in The New York Times, and as "extravagantly gifted... poised to redefine what's possible for singers of this distinctive voice type" in the San Francisco Chronicle, Nussbaum Cohen's passion for creating performances of great vocal beauty and dramatic intensity have earned him a reputation as "a redefining force in the countertenor field" (Limelight).
Daniel Moody is an American countertenor who has performed leading roles at opera houses and festivals in North America, performing both Baroque and contemporary opera. He has performed at the Metropolitan Opera in Brett Dean’s Hamlet (Dean) as Rosencrantz, at Atlanta Opera as Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare, and at Cincinnati Opera as Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.
Reginald Mobley is an African-American countertenor. He was raised singing jazz and gospel music, but trained in the classical repertoire. He is best known for singing the works of Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach. In 2023 he sang at the coronation of Charles III as well as at the BBC Proms. He currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
