Timothy Linwood

Le Figaro writes of counter-tenor Timothy Linwood, “[h]is voice filled the hall with great ease . . . and with great flexibility.” Best known for his recitals and concerts throughout France, Germany, England and the United States, Mr. Linwood is, according to the classical music magazine, Music & Vision, “a truly astonishing countertenor, an intellectual among singers.” Equally at home performing art songs by Fauré and Ravel, he has given recitals at the Château de la Muette, the Trocadero, and the Théâtre Mirabeau and concert versions of Scarlatti’s La principessa fedele and Purcell’s Dido and Aneas at the Château de Milon. Purcell’s love poems invoked from Le Monde de la Musique that “the sweet and velvety quality of Mr. Linwood’s voice left the audience spellbound.” Mr. Linwood appeared as a guest artist at the first gala fundraiser for the reconstruction of the Dresdener Frauenkirche (now complete), a favorite performance for the singer, in the vaulted chambers of the French Historic Society, as well as numerous oratorios and cantatas at the American Cathedral in Paris, including Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, and works by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and Schütz. Operatic roles include the lead in Gluck’s Orfeo, Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazzione de Poppea, Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo, and Anténor in Rameau’s Dardanus.