Brian Asawa

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Pavane, Op. 50 05:19 Tools
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria 06:03 Tools
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria 06:03 Tools
There were three ravens 04:09 Tools
Come again, sweet love 02:48 Tools
Handel: Messiah / Part 1 - 8. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion 02:48 Tools
Songs, Op. 34: Vocalise, No. 14 04:49 Tools
Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 : 18a. Duet: He Shall Feed His Flock 01:09 Tools
Flow my tears 02:48 Tools
Le Voyageur, Op. 18 No. 2 01:49 Tools
Handel: Messiah / Part 1 - 18a. Duet: He shall feed his flock 01:49 Tools
Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185: Nodi voi, che gli stringeste 02:34 Tools
The dark is my delight 01:09 Tools
Handel: Messiah / Part 1 - 17a. Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind 01:09 Tools
Handel: Messiah / Part 3 - 47. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass / 48. Duet: O death where is thy sting? 01:09 Tools
A shepherd in a shade 02:54 Tools
This merry pleasant spring 02:13 Tools
O' pallida Madona 02:54 Tools
His golden locks time hath to silver turn'd 02:13 Tools
Pavane, Op.50 02:13 Tools
Willow Song 05:16 Tools
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W389: I. Ária 04:51 Tools
Time stands still 05:16 Tools
Miserere my maker 03:38 Tools
Where the bee sucks 01:15 Tools
Cançao do Amor 04:02 Tools
Can she excuse my wrongs 02:26 Tools
It was a Time 05:16 Tools
Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185: Conservate, raddoppiate 01:51 Tools
Nocturne, Op. 43, No. 2 02:26 Tools
Mailied, Op. 6 No. 2 02:26 Tools
O Death, rock me asleep 01:50 Tools
I saw my lady weep 02:26 Tools
Author of light 02:26 Tools
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - 18a. Duet: He Shall Feed His Flock 02:26 Tools
Pavane 02:26 Tools
Turn back, you wanton flyer 01:50 Tools
Suite - Vocalise, Op. 41, No. 2 01:50 Tools
Messiah / Part 1 : 8. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion 01:50 Tools
Arpège, Op. 76, No. 2 01:50 Tools
Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185 01:50 Tools
Aus "Claudine von Villa-Bella," Op. 6 No. 5 01:50 Tools
As Fair As Noon (Ona, kak polden' khorosha) Op. 14 No. 9 01:50 Tools
Aus "Erwine und Elmire," Op. 15 No. 4 01:50 Tools
Songs, Op. 34,Vocalise, No. 14 04:51 Tools
Come let us sound with melody 04:51 Tools
Now hath Flora robb'd her bow'rs 04:51 Tools
Go, crystal tears 04:51 Tools
MedtnerOp.6No.5 02:33 Tools
Flow my tears (John Dowland) 04:51 Tools
Sorrow, stay! 04:51 Tools
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In 1991, Brian Asawa's career was launched when he became the first countertenor to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He was the first countertenor Adler Fellow for San Francisco Opera, became the first countertenor to win the Placido Domingo "Operalia" International Opera Competition. He was also awarded Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year Award for his portrayal of Arsamene in Handel's Xerxes. Since 1993 he has appeared in opera houses world wide singing signature roles such as Tolomeo for Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Bordeaux Opera, Opera Australia, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Paris Opera at Palais Garnier, Madrid's Teatro Real, Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, New Israeli Opera, and Hamburg Staatsoper. Other roles include: Prince Orlofsky in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus for San Francisco Opera and San Diego Opera; Arsamene for Los Angeles, Cologne, and Santa Fe Operas, and Grand Théâtre de Genève; Belize in Peter Eotvos's Angels in America; Mascha in Eotvos's Tri Sestri and Ottone in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea for Hamburg, the last also for Glimmerglass Opera; Nero in Poppea for Opera Australia; Endimione in Cavalli's La Calisto in Brussels; Fyodor in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov for Nederlandse Opera and Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice for Nederlandse Opera; David in Handel's Saul for Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream for San Francisco and Houston Grand Operas and Teatro di San Carlo in Napoli; and Baba the Turk in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress for Swedish Television One and San Francisco Opera. Most recently, he has appeared as Farnace in Mozart's Mitridate at Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels. Future engagements include Tolomeo in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels, Tolomeo in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Netherlands Opera, Tolomeo in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Florida Grand Opera, Fyodor in Mussorgsky's Boris Gudonov in the highly acclaimed Willy Decker production for Netherlands Opera, and Prince Gogo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre for Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels and Le Grand Macabre, Opera de Lille, France. His discography includes solo cds ranging from Elizabethan lute songs to song cycles by Ned Rorem. Operatic recordings include Farnace in Mozart's Mitridate for Decca, Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream for London, and Arsamenes in Handel's Xerxes for Conifer. He also appears in Handel's Messiah for Deutsche Grammaphon. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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