Christopher Lowrey has been hailed as “one of the operatic countertenors of our day” (Bachtrack), praised for “one of the most beautiful timbres” and a “pure tone” (OperaWire), and celebrated for a voice “packed with enough character to sink a battleship” (Limelight).

 

He has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Glyndebourne, Teatro Real Madrid and Teatro La Fenice, as well as at Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw and the Philharmonie de Paris. Recent operatic highlights include Didymus in Handel’s Theodora with Pinchgut Opera, hailed as “a tour de force of singing and acting” (Bachtrack); Medoro in Orlando at Oper Frankfurt; Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Grange Festival; and Guildenstern in Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper and Sydney Opera House, a role he created at the work’s Glyndebourne world premiere.

 

Lowrey’s repertoire encompasses more than forty roles in Handel’s operas and oratorios. Beyond the Baroque, his roles include Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and characters created in major contemporary works. He has collaborated with conductors including William Christie, Vladimir Jurowski, Christophe Rousset, Laurence Cummings, Raphaël Pichon, Masaaki Suzuki, Leonardo García Alarcón, Harry Christophers and Erin Helyard.

 

Lowrey is Founder and Artistic Director of Ensemble Altera. The choir’s debut album, The Lamb’s Journey, received the German Record Critics’ Award, while Feminine Voices at Christmas was awarded five stars and named Christmas Choice 2025 by BBC Music Magazine.