Cody Bowers, countertenor

With “a voice of rare beauty” (Seen and Heard International, 2022), American countertenor Cody Bowers has received national award recognition from The Sullivan Foundation, The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and The George London Foundation for Singers. In the 23-24 performance season, Mr. Bowers will make debuts with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Handel’s Israel in Egypt, The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a World Premier of Jonathan Leshnoff’s The Sacrifice of Isaac, The Houston Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah, and The Metropolitan Opera in John Adams’ El Niño. In previous seasons, Mr. Bowers has performed with Merola Opera Program at San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, the Stern auditoriumat Carnegie Hall, San Diego Opera, Minnesota Opera, Utah Opera, TheAtlanta Opera, Boston Early Music Festival, Opera Neo, Tanglewood Music Center, and Cantos Para Hermanar al Mundo in Torreón, Mexico. On the Operatic stage, Mr. Bowers continues to expand a broad and contrasting list of characters that range from Rugierro in Handel’s Alcina, Tolomeo in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, the Refugee from Jonathan Dove’s Flight, Federico Garcia Lorca in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, Leonardo in Gabriela Lena Frank’s new Opera El último sueño de Frida y Diego, L’Enfant in Ravel’s L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges; and Orlando in Handel’s Orlando. In addition to his work as a soloist, Mr. Bowers is an active member of internationally celebrated ensembles like Gramophone Award-winning Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, The Handel & Haydn Society, Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, The Thirteen, Bach Society Houston, VAE: Cincinnati, and Ensemble Altera.