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FRANCIS GUSH
“GUSH’S COUNTERTENOR VOICE IS BELL CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL. HIS EVERY WORD BEAUTIFULLY SUNG”
– THE STAGE
About Francis
English-Dutch countertenor Francis Gush has a burgeoning international operatic career.
Francis has performed with companies such as The Deutsche Oper (Tolomeo– Giulio Cesare), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Tolomeo– Giulio Cesare, cover, La Speranza- L’Orfeo) , English Touring Opera (Cesare– Giulio Cesare) and the Opéra de Lille (Athamas– Semele, cover) as well as performing the title role in Titus L’Empéreur at the Händel Festspiele in Halle and the London Handel Festival (Opera Settecento).
His work has been met with critical acclaim, with the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, singing a programme of Purcell and Blow, performances at the Wigmore Hall with Steven Isserlis, described as a ‘show-stealing turn’ (The Arts Desk), and his ‘blow-away performance’ (The Stage) as Arsace in Hampstead Garden Opera’s Partenope / Handel. Francis has also covered the Spirit (Dido and Aeneas / Purcell) at the BBC Proms with La Nuova Musica.
Recent News
Francis is delighted to have been selected as the only UK-based participant, and the first countertenor ever selected, for the Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka, running from 14–22 November.
Francis recently made his Deutsche Oper debut, in David MacVicar’s production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare, under the baton of Alessandro Quarta
“Francis Gush (a vigorous Cesare) seemed to play against the formality, with gestures, expression and singing all taking on a naturalness that just seemed to well up and overflow. I can’t imagine a more effective Cesare”
THE SPECTATOR
