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...