Charles Brett

Countertenor Charles Brett was a major specialist in Baroque choral and oratorio repertory in the later 20th century. He founded the Amaryllis Consort and The Three Counter-tenors, and he was also a conductor and teacher. Brett had a substantial recording catalog that included several operatic releases. He saw many of his performances reissued, as on the album John Eliot Gardiner: The Blossoming Conductor (2025). Brett was born in Maidenhead, England, on October 27, 1941. He attended the Winchester College boarding school and then King's College, Cambridge, as a choral schola...