“One of the most commanding, exhilarating countertenors of the modern era.”The New York Times
A spectacular recording of the Theater an der Wien’s 2011 production of Handel’s Rodelinda is now available on DVD. Bejun Mehta takes a star turn as Bertarido, the fallen king, with Danielle de Niese as his wife Rodelinda, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt leading the Concentus Musicus Wien. Purchase your copy today via Presto Classical, and enjoy a preview of […]
Bejun Mehta’s Che Puro Ciel Tour is off to a spectacular start this season, enjoyed by enthusiastic audiences in Prague for Collegium 1704’s opening concert, and with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin at Liege’s Opéra royal de Wallonie and Brussels’ Palais des Beaux Arts. Mr. Mehta continues with the Che Puro Ciel Tour later this winter at the […]
The 2013 live video recording of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin from the Royal Opera House has received the 2014 Gramophone Award in the Contemporary category as well as the Edison Klassiek 2014 music prize. The performance features Bejun Mehta in the role of Angel 1/The Boy. Bejun received rave reviews for his creation of the roles, “The countertenor […]
Bejun Mehta is on the road this season, bringing his Che Puro Ciel tour to incredible venues across Europe. This is a continuation of his original 2013 tour of the program. Bejun sings with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin at the Opéra royal de Wallonie in Liege on October 5, and the Palais des Beaux Arts […]
The ArtHaus Musik film release of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, with Bejun Mehta singing Orfeo, has been named DVD of the month in the next issue of Gramophone Magazine. This recording, in collaboration with Václav Luks, Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704, is a movie version of Gluck’s ever-popular work, and was filmed in the Czech […]
Bejun Mehta is on the shortlist for not one, but two 2014 Gramophone Awards. The 2013 live recording of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin from the Royal Opera House is nominated in the Contemporary category, and features Bejun in the role of Angel 1/The Boy. In his Gramophone review, Richard Fairman states that this is “A new opera that […]
Bachtrack For this year’s Holland Festival, artistic director Pierre Audi brought to Amsterdam the production of Handel’s Orlando he originally conceived in 2012 for the Flemish Opera. Conducted by baroque specialist René Jacobs and featuring an strong cast, it was a great occasion to witness American countertenor Bejun Mehta in what has become, over the past decade, […]
Bejun Mehta made an incredible impression on audiences and critics alike at the Wiener Festwochen, singing Orfeo in a new production of Gluck’s powerful and mythical opera, Orfeo ed Euridice. Reviewers cited his “courageous” and “fantastic singing” which was “heartbreakingly beautiful.” His performance also displayed “overwhelming expression.”
The Rise of Classical Opera In the famous Preface to Alceste (1767), Christoph Willibald Gluck and his librettist Ranieri de’ Calzabigi posited a new direction for opera. They spoke of moving beyond Baroque forms, of striving for a new naturalism in opera. They wanted, in Calzabigi’s lovely phrase, to liberate the language of the heart. […]
Written on Skin: Opera in Three Parts wins Premiere Recording of the Year Award George Benjamin: Written on Skin (Nimbus)Christopher Purves, Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta/Mahler Chamber Orchestra The Nimbus recording of George Benjamin’s opera Written on Skin (also conducted by Mr. Benjamin) has won the BBC Music Magazine Premiere Recording of the Year Award. The album features a live […]