Eric Brenner, countertenor
American soprano/countertenor Eric S. Brenner’s voice has been described as “dazzling,” “startlingly true,” and “arrestingly beautiful.” A Long Island, New York native, Eric began his training on violin and viola before beginning to sing — as a tenor — in high school. Several years later, he discovered his soprano/countertenor voice, and all of the remarkable repertoire (both very old, and very new) available to him.
Recent projects include Eric’s debut as SOPRANO soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Cathedral of St. John’s, Albuquerque, NM; Beast in Hannah Lash’s chamber opera, Blood Rose, as part of New York City Opera’s VOX series at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC; Arbate in Mozart’s Mitridate with Little Opera Theatre of New York; various roles in Purcell’s Fairy Queen with Big Apple Baroque; soloist in Copland’s In the Beginning and Mozart’s Laudate Dominum with the choirs of University of Honolulu, Manoa; alto soloist in Messiah & soprano soloist in Purcell’s Evening Hymn with the St. Thomas choir in New York; featured work on 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Toby Twining’s new CD, EURYDICE & NYC area performances with Toby Twining Music; D.A.V.E. in Kamala Sankaram’s chamber opera, Miranda, NYC; Erica/Valkyrie/Zombie in Rob Reese’s Survivor: Vietnam, with Amnesia Wars, NY; Gramma AND Grampa in Rachel Peters’ and Royce Vavrek’s chamber opera, Prairie Dogs.
Eric is also writing music for an untitled play by Rob Reese and is hard at work on his second novel. He is represented in the US by Wade Artist Management.
