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I can't believe it's already been a few weeks sinc

I can't believe it's already been a few weeks since I was back in London recording with my buddy Jorge and the AAM!! I try and stay on top of it all, but sometimes the days and weeks just fly by 💫💫 I'm finally sharing some pics from our 3 days of recording and beautiful music making with the fantastic Academy of Ancient Music. I hope you're all ready for love and passion direct from 1600s Venice ❤️‍🔥♥❤️‍🔥 I'm so thankful to Laurence, the AAM, and Signum for helping to make this provocative album a reality - it's going to be amazing!!
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Thrilled to be recording with the fantastic Academ

Thrilled to be recording with the fantastic Academy of Ancient Music, and my friends Jorge Navarro Colorado, and Laurence Cummings!
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A day late, celebrating World Opera Day by singing

A day late, celebrating World Opera Day by singing opera with this lot in Sussex.

Lovely Santa Barbara. Temperate, breezy, and a bea

Lovely Santa Barbara. Temperate, breezy, and a beautiful place to be roasted... as a swan... in Carmina burana. (That's my swan frock hanging behind me in the dressing room pic w the maestro.) #BTSCarminaSB

I’ve admired the Orchestra of the Age of Enlight

I’ve admired the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment since I began listening to classical music. They were always playing on the recordings I loved (and had on constant repeat), so I feel super fortunate to have worked with them on this album about the megastar castrato, Senesino.

And who was Senesino, you ask? 😉 Hear a bit from the OAE’s Chief Executive, Crispin Woodhead, about how this over-the-top divo was just like some of our more infamous popstars today: arrogant disruptor, talented but entitled, delusional and narcissistic but undeniably magnetic on stage. Hear the music that helped propel this difficult but extraordinary artist to fame on The Crown – it's out now!

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Just another day at the library....

Just another day at the library....

Here’s a nice little introduction to my album, T

Here’s a nice little introduction to my album, The Crown 👑 It includes some music clips you haven't heard yet, along with Laurence Cummings thoughts on the project. Having previously sung so much of Handel’s music for Senesino, it’s been fascinating to dig into what others created for his specific voice. The composers - Lotti, Bononcini, Giacomelli, Giaj, Ariosti, Ristori, and Orlandini - were definitely individuals who wrote in their own way. It was an enjoyable challenge to understand and express each aria on its own and I think that hearing it all together reveals a more complete picture of who Senesino really was as a singer. There were lots of little discoveries that came to light, and I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed putting it all together! 🎉

It’s available here via the link in bio or wherever you buy or stream your music 🎶🎶

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@olivobampo and I had a lovely chat about The Crow

@olivobampo and I had a lovely chat about The Crown. Hear a few tracks from the album and a bit of the backstory, including some of Senesino's scandalous behavior. It's available for one more week!

(go to the WFMT at the link in my bio, select September 3rd then scroll to 'Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho', the chat starts at 2 mins 15 secs in, after a bit of bamboo flute concerto 😁)

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Sunny vacay on the beach with my crew 💙

Sunny vacay on the beach with my crew 💙

Out Today! 👑 🥳 My new album, The Crown, on S

Out Today! 👑 🥳
My new album, The Crown, on Signum Classics is out today to buy and stream. For my debut solo album, I combine my love of singing and years of research in a programme of arias composed for one of the most famed singers of all time, the superstar castrato, Senesino. It’s the most fulfilling project I’ve ever been a part of; I just had a great time making the album! Collaborating with one of the world’s best period instrument ensembles, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and conducted by Baroque-specialist Laurence Cummings, the album features the music of seven acclaimed but currently overlooked composers. There are 13 modern day premieres heard for the first time in 300 years!

Find the album where ever you buy or stream music or at the link in my bio.

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Only two weeks to go! And today another single fr

Only two weeks to go! And today another single from our album is hitting the world. Here’s just a short preview from ‘Se cerca, se dice’ by Orlandini. This lively little number was famously set by several composers in the eighteenth century... and here is Orlandini’s take on it. It’s an operatic moment that is equal parts intense and sad.

I love how this short arioso is full of twists and turns and the music feels unpredictable and free. It really shows the inventive side of Orlandini! I gotta tell ya, even though it’s basically a sad song, it’s so much fun to sing!

The full single is now streaming, along with two other arias by Giaj and Ariosti. I can't wait to share the whole album with you! Save the date - 2 September, and you can pre-order now (link in my bio ⬆️)

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Hey look, it's the second single from my new album

Hey look, it's the second single from my new album -- out today and you can listen in all the usual places! 🥳 Here's a little video clip from the recording session of ‘Lasso!’ by Attilio Ariosti (who, by the way, was a part-time spy for the King of France! 👑).

This aria is so beautiful and I loved recording it with Laurence at the harpsichord and Andrew Skidmore on cello.

There's a link in the bio to the whole aria, and you can also pre-order THE CROWN ⬆️⬆️⬆️

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And now, here’s the low-down on one of the best

And now, here’s the low-down on one of the best composers you’ve never heard of …

Giovanni Giaj may be overlooked today, but he was a big deal throughout Europe and his music was widely studied and performed (even though he himself rarely left Italy). He cast some of the biggest celebrity singers in more than a dozen of his works and his patrons loved opera, so he had cash to burn when producing these lavish spectacles.

I visited the Royal College of Music to have a look at one of his manuscripts – have a listen and learn more about this unknown but pretty fascinating guy.

There are two arias by Giaj on The Crown; check out this link in bio to hear one of them and to pre-order the album ⬆️⬆️⬆️
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🎥: filmed in London by Nic Mramer, and Zen Grisdale for the OAE
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I’m thrilled to share the first single from my d

I’m thrilled to share the first single from my debut solo album, ‘Fra l’orror’, by the composer Giovanni Giaj. This little preview clip is a sneak-peek inside the recording sessions for the album, which celebrates one of opera’s most accomplished superstars. 🎧 Stream the full aria now on Spotify and Apple Music.

After singing in a wild contemporary opera this spring at the Bayerische Staatsoper, it’s a real pleasure to be performing this music from the other end of the spectrum… BAROQUE ARIAS 🥳. It was an absolute joy to record with the OAE and I hope you like listening to these rarities!

More to come soon...
Check out the link for more

🎥: Zen Grisdale for OAE
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THE CROWN has arrived! 🤗🤗🤗

THE CROWN has arrived! 🤗🤗🤗

I’m so excited that my new album of unknown baro

I’m so excited that my new album of unknown baroque arias, titled The Crown, is being released by Signum Records on 2 September!

Why’s it called The Crown? I know it’s a television series, but that’s not where it came from… Every aria on the album was composed for a regal character: impassioned kings, noble heroes on the battlefield, royal lovers, and renowned conquerors. These were the roles that Senesino loved to sing, perceiving a reflection of himself in their valiant power, and they’re also the roles that fit me like a glove.

The first Senesino role I ever performed was Caesar in Handel’s Giulio Cesare. I loved dramatically portraying this powerful emperor that becomes love’s captive. Musically it was a wonderful challenge too, full of demanding coloratura and the most touching lyrical arias (‘Aure, deh per pietà’ 😍). Fast-forward to a decade later, and I’ve sung many roles for Senesino (I even got a PhD about him! 🤓), which led to this album of rarities written for his fantastic voice.

For the album’s cover image, I wanted to reconnect with that spark of passion that started it all by wearing the incredible costume that was made for my first Cesare production. It’s still the most fantastic costume I’ve ever worn! Designed by Robert Perdziola and built at Eric Winterling, Inc in New York, it’s based on original designs for the Drottningholm Slottstheater in Sweden and when I first put it on years ago, I really felt like an emperor. That same feeling was still there when I recently slipped back into this lavish jacket for the photoshoot.

Learn more about the album and pre-order at the link in my bio ⬆️

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Quality time in New Hampshire with the crew.

Quality time in New Hampshire with the crew.

For the 50th anniversary of the Britten Pears Youn

For the 50th anniversary of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme I went back to hear an alumni concert at the @snapemaltings where, just a few years ago 😉, I sang Bach cantatas and a ton of new music. That's when I became enamored with Pierrot Lunaire, Eight Songs for a Mad King, and Ligeti's songs for the first time. What an important couple for weeks that turned out to be... it led to staged performances of the Schoenberg and Maxwell Davies, and a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Budapest singing the folk-influenced music of Bartók, Kurtág, and Ligeti. I have fond memories of this place 🙂
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Boppin' around Oxford; feelin' smart.😆 . . #oxf

Boppin' around Oxford; feelin' smart.😆
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Back at the Royal College of Music to visit some m

Back at the Royal College of Music to visit some manuscripts 🤗🤓

Two days at @lyricopera musically exploring with t

Two days at @lyricopera musically exploring with this lovely crew. 💙💜🧡 And whoosh, I'm already back in Germany.
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We put THOMAS to rest yesterday along with his bel

We put THOMAS to rest yesterday along with his beloved Matthias. What an intense and wonderful experience! Thank you @bayerischestaatsoper!! Fantastic colleagues, and it's been a beautiful six weeks here in Munich. Now, I'm on to the next musical adventure ✈✈ flying to Chicago today to continue workshopping a new opera at @lyricopera tomorrow morning.
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Biking past the big house today and I did a double

Biking past the big house today and I did a double-take when I saw a poster of me on the side of the building! I’m so excited to open the show THOMAS this evening that we’ve been working on so intensely these past several weeks. Collaborating with this super-talented group of artists has been as amazing experience.
Bringing life to this archangel/nurse character of Michael has been pretty profound for me as well - the challenging music has required a whole new way of singing, listening, and working - practicing with a piano, a laptop, and two phones with apps for tuning and special pitches in front of me! The role is full of 1/4-tones, 1/6-tones, and various extended vocal techniques, and the drama is highly psychological. It’s been a journey and I have a huge feeling of accomplishment to be bringing it in front of an audience tonight!

twenty-one years ❤❤

twenty-one years ❤❤

3 weeks in, and 2 to go until we open here at the

3 weeks in, and 2 to go until we open here at the Bayerische Staatsoper 🎶 On my way into a costume fitting, trying to achieve that sexy male nurse realness for this show 👨🏻‍⚕️ It makes me so happy that this opera is about a gay couple 🌈🌈🌈 Little Randy from Colorado would have never believed any of this! All smiles this month 😁

I'm finally getting the chance to post about the g

I'm finally getting the chance to post about the great fun I had appearing on Idagio's "Fred Plotkin on Fridays" last week. Fred and I chatted all about 'countertenorism' and (this is important) why we are not castrati 🥜 ...but try to sing like them; the obligation of an artist to be honest, without revealing all our secrets; my time in Budapest as a Fulbright Scholar working with soprano Éva Marton; as well as my upcoming debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper and the frustrations of learning microtonal music... 👀 which may or may not have something to do with BDSM 👀. I hope you all will check it out! Watch on YouTube or on the Idagio app (links in Bio)
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Just one month to go! Getting excited to sing for

Just one month to go! Getting excited to sing for the first time at the Bayerische Staatsoper in THOMAS by Georg Friedrich Haas. The score is crazy! It's a complicated and powerful work that I'm sure will be very moving. I can't wait to pull all the pieces together! Come to Germany and see me 🤩
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