The American countertenor Lawrence Zazzo is one of the most outstandingsingers of his generation. A native of Philadelphia and a graduate in both Englishand Music from Yale University and King’s College, Cambridge, Lawrence madehis operatic debut as Oberon A Midsummer Night’s Dream to great acclaimwhile completing his vocal studies at the Royal College of Music, London.He has since appeared in many of the world’s finest opera houses and concerthalls. His opera roles include the title role in Giulio Cesare (Metropolitan OperaNew York, Paris, Brussels, Seville, Bilbao), the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo (Toronto,Netherlands), Oberon A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lyon, Toronto), FarnaceMitridate (Munich), Festival), the title role in Radamisto (English National Opera),Arsamene Serse (Theatre des Champs-Elysees, English National Opera),Goffredo Rinaldo (Berlin Staatsoper, Opéra de Montpellier); Ottone Agrippina (Brussels, Frankfurt, Theatrede Champs-Elysees), Endimione La Calisto (Munich, Brussels, Paris), Giuliano in Cavalli’s Eliogabalo(Brussels, Paris), Ottone L’incoronazione di Poppea (Berlin, Brussels, Munich, Vienna), and the title roles inHandel’s Sosarme (Sao Carlos, Lisbon) and Alessandro (Karlsruhe).Lawrence is also a keen advocate of 20th century and contemporary music. His Paris Opera debut was asKreon in Liebermann’s Medea. He created the role of Trinculo in Thomas Ades’ The Tempest at the RoyalOpera House Covent Garden and has sung Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici in Brussels, New York, and Rouen.He is closely associated with the role of Mascha in Peter Eötvos’ Three Sisters which he has performed inseveral productions in Lyon, Brussels, Edinburgh, Vienna, and the Netherlands. He made his BBC SymphonyOrchestra debut in their commission of Jonathan Dove’s Hojoki, sang the Refugee in Dove’s Flight for theGlyndebourne Festival, and made his Wigmore recital debut with a programme of 20th-century Americansongs.Lawrence has worked with many distinguished conductors in the fields of Baroque and contemporary music,including René Jacobs, William Christie, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christophe Rousset, John Nelson, Ivor Bolton,James Conlon, Harry Bicket , Joshua Rifkin, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Eötvos, Jean-Claude Malgoire,Trevor Pinnock, Jordi Savall, Harry Christophers, and Paul Goodwin. He was the first western countertenor