Lawrence Zazzo
Lawrence Zazzo is one of an outstanding generation of countertenors who came to prominence in the first decade of the 21st century. He has excelled in a variety of operas and oratorios, primarily from Baroque and contemporary repertoire.
Zazzo was born in Philadelphia on December 15, 1970. He was educated at Yale University and King's College, Cambridge. He made his premiere while he was a student at the Royal College of Music, London, as Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a role with which he has continued to be associated throughout his career. He has regularly performed parts in Handel's Giulio Cesare (including performances as two different characters at the Metropolitan Opera in 2007), Rinaldo, Agrippina, Serse, and Peter Eötvös' Three Sisters. Zazzo is also committed to contemporary work, and besides the Eötvös, has sung Salvatore Sciarrino's Luci mie traditrici, Rolf Liebermann's Medea, several operas by Jonathan Dove, and the world premiere of Thomas Adès' The Tempest. He has established a substantial international reputation and worked with some of the most distinguished conductors of his generation, including William Christie, René Jacobs, Christopher Hogwood, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The English National Opera, Covent Garden, Paris Opera, and Vienna State Opera are among the companies with which he has performed leading roles. He made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2011 with a recital of modern American songs.
Zazzo's recordings have primarily reflected his work in Baroque repertoire and include Handel's Deborah, Rinaldo, Serse, and Messiah, Scarlatti's Griselda, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, and Lunarcy, a 2011 solo recital of lute songs from a variety of eras about madness. In 2019, he was featured on the album The Orchestral Music of Jonathan Dove with the BBC Philharmonic, under the direction of Timothy Redmond.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Orchestral Music of Jonathan Dove
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Zazzo, Timothy Redmond
Klassiek - Released by Orchid Classics on 17 mei 2019
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A Royal Trio: Arias by Handel, Bononcini & Ariosti
Lawrence Zazzo, David Bates, La Nuova Musica
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on 14 okt. 2014
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Weeping Philosophers
Tercia Realidad, Jorge Jiménez, Lawrence Zazzo
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Pan Classics on 15 mrt. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Baroque Gender Stories (Hasse, Galuppi, Porpora, Handel, Wagenseil, Vivaldi, Traetta...)
Vivica Genaux, Lawrence Zazzo, Lautten Compagney
Operafragmenten - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 7 jun. 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Live)
Klassiek - Released by BR-Klassik on 25 sep. 2015
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Händel: Duetti Amorosi
Núria Rial, Lawrence Zazzo, Kammerorchester Basel
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 6 feb. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Baroque Gender Stories (Hasse, Galuppi, Porpora, Handel, Wagenseil, Vivaldi, Traetta...)
Vivica Genaux, Lawrence Zazzo, Lautten Compagney
Operafragmenten - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 7 jun. 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Händel: Athalia
Núria Rial, Lawrence Zazzo, Kammerorchester Basel
Klassiek - Released by Sony Music Classical Local on 20 aug. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Lotario
Opera - Released by Oehms Classics on 1 jan. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Proud Songsters: English Solo Song
Klassiek - Released by Kings College Cambridge on 19 mrt. 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lunarcy. Songs of Madness and the Moon.
Klassiek - Released by Evil Penguin Classic on 28 mrt. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Héraclite|Démocrite|Diogène
Lawrence Zazzo, Tercia Realidad, Jorge Jiménez
Klassiek - Released by Pan Classics on 8 mrt. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
L’Eraclito amoroso
Lawrence Zazzo, Tercia Realidad, Jorge Jiménez
Klassiek - Released by Pan Classics on 1 mrt. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo