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“D’un sventurato amante…Pena Tiranna”
Recorded live at War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California
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Recorded at NV Music Studios
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Shawn Chang, piano
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Recorded at NV Music Studios
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Shawn Chang, piano
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Cody Bowers, countertenor
Connecticut Early Music Society • Ian Watson, conductor
“He was despised” from Messiah, HWV 56
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Cody Bowers, countertenor
Bach Society Houston • Rick Erickson, conductor
“Schließe mein Herze… Ja, ja! Mein Herz soll es bewahren…” from Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248
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Cody Bowers, countertenor
Brendon Shapiro, piano
Beau Soir by Claude Debussy
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Performed in All-Saints Parish, Brookline MA
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Dr. Stephan Griffin, piano
Precious Lord, Take My hand
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2025-26 Performance Season…
St. Markus Passion • Oregon Bach Festival
Friday, July 11, 2025 at 730pm • Soreng Theatre, Eugene, OR
Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 7pm • First United Methodist, Portland, OR
Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 4pm • Townhall, Seattle
Mr. Bowers joins Boston’s operatic diva in drag for an evening of baroque sass, crass, and class in Cape Cod’s great gay escape.
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Two Fairy Queens • Great Music on Sundays @ 5
Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 5pm • Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Provincetown, MA
Mr. Bowers joins Boston’s operatic diva in drag for an evening of baroque sass, crass, and class in Cape Cod’s great gay escape.
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Staunton Music Festival • Staunton, VA
August 14-24, 2025 • Staunton, VA
Mr. Bowers joins the band at Staunton Music Festival for performances of Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi concert arias, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and more!
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Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:30pm • Greystone Hall, AKRON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2025 at 7:30PM • Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, EVANSTON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2025 at 5:00PM • CHICAGO Cultural Center
Thursday October 9, 2025 at 7:30pm • Morley Hall, Lake Erie College, PAINESVILLE
Friday, October 10, 2025 at 7:30pm • The Tudor Arms Hotel, CLEVELAND
Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 7:30pm • Kulas Hall, CLEVELAND Institute of Music
Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 4:00pm • Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace, BEREA
Mr. Bowers makes his role debut as Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, the ancient Roman myth of love and betrayal, recounted 2000 years ago in Virgil’s Aeneid – and still resonates today. The Trojan hero Aeneas lands on the shores of Carthage, where the beautiful and proud Queen Dido reigns. Just after winning her love, Aeneas suddenly departs – summoned by the gods. Was it destiny or betrayal? No composer has evoked this question with more poignancy than Henry Purcell, whose renowned 17th-century opera Dido & Aeneas is a gem of the baroque repertoire. The program includes sparkling instrumental dances from Purcell’s King Arthur and Faery Queen.
Get tickets for Dido and Aeneas in Cleveland!
Get tickets for Dido and Aeneas in Chicago!
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Messiah • St. Luke’s Atlanta
Sunday, December 7, 2025 • St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta GA
Mr. Bowers returns to his hometown for a Christmastime performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Ticket info coming soon!
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Messiah • Oratorio Society of New York
Monday, December 22, 2025 • Carnegie Hall, NYC
Mr. Bowers makes his solo debut singing the alto solos in Handel’s Messiah with Oratorio Society of New York under the direction of Kent Tritle.
Ticket info coming soon!
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto • St. Petersburg Opera
Friday, January 30, 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Tuesday February 3, 2026
The Palladium Theatre • St. Petersburg, FL
Mr. Bowers returns to St. Petersburg Opera to debut the title role in Handel’s most frequently performed Opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto.
Ticket info coming soon!
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Missa Cuivis Toni • Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 5pm
Saturday March 28, 2026 at 8pm • First Church Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
Mr. Bowers joins Grammophone Award-winning chamber ensemble Blue Heron Renaissance Choir for an evening of sacred music from one of medieval Europe’s most iconic composers.
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Carmina Burana • Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Friday, May 8, 2026 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 2pm • Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
Mr. Bowers makes his house and role debut singing Carl Orff’s unforgettable masterpiece Carmina Burana.
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2024-25 Performance Season…
Boston Early Music Festival • Don Quichotte auf Der Hochzeit der Camacho
Sat., November 30th at 8pm • Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Sun., December 1st at 3pm • Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Tues. & Wed., Dec. 3 & 4 at 3pm • The Morgan Library, NYC, NY
Sat., Dec. 8 at 8pm • Troye Saving Bank Concert Hall, Troye, NY
Mr. Bowers returns to the stage with Grammy-award-winning Boston Early Music festival as Basilio in Telemann’s rarely performed chamber opera
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Baroque Christmas • Handel and Haydn Society
Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 7:30pm • Jordan Hall, Boston
Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 3:00pm • Jordan Hall, Boston
Help yourself to a healthy dose of holiday cheer at our annual Baroque Christmas, an evening of musical merriment. Led by conductor Ruben Valenzuela, a rising star “well known for his masterful Baroque music interpretations” (The San Diego Union-Tribune), this yearly Yuletide celebration features a sleighful of new gifts to cherish—including four pieces from the Latin American Baroque, evoking the tranquil Nativity before bouncing with boundless joy.
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Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy • Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
Friday, December 20, 2024 at 8:00pm
Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 3:00pm
Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 8:00pm
First Church in Cambridge, Cambridge,MA
One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a chancel lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
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Messiah • Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday, December 12th, 2024 at 7:30pm • Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Take in the transcendent beauty of Handel’s Messiah live, where a heavenly chorus and majestic orchestration make for an unforgettable celebration. Join us for an enchanting evening filled with soaring arias and iconic melodies, including the rousing “Hallelujah” chorus, which will resonate with you all season long.
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Eurydice • Opera Grand Rapids
January 31st & February 1st, 2025 at 7:30pm (CST) • Betty Van Endel Opera Center
After Opera Grand Rapids produced his opera Second Nature in 2021 and brought him to Grand Rapids to adjudicate the VanderLaan Prize in 2022, Matthew Aucoin invited Opera Grand Rapids to partner with the Boston Lyric Opera to co-commission a chamber version of his hit opera Eurydice. The first ever commission project in Opera Grand Rapids’ history, this stunning opera premiered in full-scale at The Metropolitan Opera in 2021, after a world premiere at the LA Opera in 2020. Eurydice reconceives the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, telling the story from the heroine’s perspective. We follow Eurydice into the underworld, where she first passes through the River of Forgetfulness, then encounters her deceased father. By the time Orpheus comes to find her, Eurydice has become a different person and is not sure she wants to return to life.
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Theodora • Ars Lyrica Houston
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 6pm (CST) • Zilkha Hall, Houston, TX
Handel’s final masterpiece tells the story of Theodora, an early Christian martyr, who is persecuted by a corrupt and wicked Roman president. Bacchanal and piety compete in this deeply moving oratorio, which features five soloists, chorus, and orchestra. Its central message, that faith triumphs over death, is common across religious traditions.
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St. Markus Passion (World Premiere)
Sunday, April 13th, 2025 at 4pm • Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh (PA)
(Virtual) April 28, 2025
J. S. Bach wrote Passion settings for the gospels of Mark as well as for Matthew and John – two of the greatest artistic works of all time. Shortly after Bach’s death in 1750, his Markus Passion manuscript was hand-delivered by his son C.P.E. to his publisher, Johann Breitkopf, but was subsequently lost.
The new Markus edition by musicologist Malcolm Bruno is an ingenious reconstruction drawing on material from other works by Bach. Featuring four singers, 14 instrumentalists and a unique role for an actor as Evangelist.
This first-ever staged version tours to the UK and the west coast, but not before giving the shared world premiere in Pittsburgh (April 11), then on Palm Sunday at MB1800 in a milestone for early music. Featuring the iconic actor Joseph Marcell (Royal Shakespeare Company, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air).
Get Tickets to the World Premiere of Markus Passion!
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2023-24 Performance Season….
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir • Laus Polyphoniae
August 19th & 21st • Antwerp, Belgium
Mr. Bowers will join Gramophone Award-winning chamber music Ensemble Blue Heron Renaissance Choir in their highly-anticipated performances at the Laus Polyphonie Festival–the largest early music festival in Europe.
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Alcina • St. Petersburg Opera
October 13th, 15th, & 17th, 2023 • Paladium Theatre (St. Petersburg, FL)
The enchantress and consummate host, Alcina, has a terrible dating habit. She seduces men with magical potions and lavish parties and transforms them into wild animals after growing tired of them. Ruggiero (Cody Bowers), having been lured to the party by Alcina’s sister, Morgana, has been completely bewitched by Alcina. He quickly forgets his betrothed, Bradamante. Forever chasing her fiancé, Bradamante, with the help of her guardian, disguises herself as a man and travels to Alcina’s mystical party to rescue Ruggiero. Will true love triumph over sorcery?
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Israel in Egypt • Apollo’s Fire Baroque
October 19th, 2023 • Alice Miller Chapel (Evanston, IL)
October 21st, 2023 • CLEVELAND Institute of Music (Kulas Hall)
October 25th & 26th • Lincoln Center, NYC (David Geffen Hall)
Catch Jeannette Sorrell’s acclaimed adaptation of Israel in Egypt before she and Apollo’s Singers head east to perform it with the NY Philharmonic. This is a gripping emotional journey, from the haunting Lamentations of the Israelites on the Death of Joseph, to the plagues of frogs, locusts, and hailstones… to the triumphant crossing of the Red Sea. Storms leap off the page in this colorful orchestral showpiece, which includes trumpets, sackbuts, timpani, strings, choir, and soloists.
Get tickets in Cleveland & Chicago!
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Messiah • Houston Symphony
December 15th, 16th, & 17th, 2023 • Houston Symphony (Jones Hall)
Jones Hall will be filled with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including the iconic “Hallelujah” Chorus, in this powerful presentation of the greatest story ever told.
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Path of Miracles • The Thirteen
February 9th, 2024 • St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Alexandria, VA)
February 10th, 2024 • St. Mark’s Capitol Hill (Washington D. C.)
February 11th, 2024 • Bradley Hills Church (Bethesda, MD)
In Path of Miracles, British composer Joby Talbot takes the listener on a musical journey of the mystical Camino de Santiago de Compostela. The pace of a spiritual Camino is built into the structure of the work, with the four movements of the work titled after the four main posts along the Camino. Talbot incorpodfcrates various medieval texts in many languages, and musical styles as diverse as those of Taiwanese Bunun people and medieval chant. Paired with projected images of the cosmos, The Thirteen’s performances of Path of Miracles promise to be replete with beauty and wonder.
This program is made possible by a generous gift from Clinton & Missy Kelly. The Thirteen’s Vocal Fellows Program is made possible by a gift from the Andrew Warnock Clarke & Martin ‘Chip’ Sherrill Family Foundation.
Tickets on sale Sept. 1
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Harry, Haydn, & Mozart • Handel and Haydn Society
February 23rd & 25th, 2024 • Boston Symphony Hall
Boston music lovers, mark your calendars: Harry Christophers returns to H+H in his first appearance as Conductor Laureate, with the music he does best. Following a smile-inducing Haydn symphony, the spotlight falls on the renowned H+H Chorus for two of Mozart’s great masterworks. Then, Harry adds a special treat: haunting, sublime a cappella choral gems from two women composers, Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) and Raphaella Aleotti (1575–1646). Join us for this joyful reunion!
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El Niño • The Metropolitan Opera
Tuesday, April 23 – Saturday, May, 11, 2024
The Metropolitan Opera House • Lincoln Center, NYC
Eminent American composer John Adams returns to the Met after a decade-long hiatus for the company premiere of his acclaimed opera-oratorio, which incorporates sacred and secular texts in English, Spanish, and Latin, from biblical times to the present day, in an extraordinarily dramatic retelling of the Nativity. El Niño brings together three of contemporary opera’s fiercest champions, all of whom make highly anticipated company debuts: Marin Alsop, one of the great conductors of our time, who has led more than 200 new-music premieres; soprano Julia Bullock, a leading voice on and off stage; and pathbreaking bass-baritone Davóne Tines. Radiant mezzo-sopranos J’Nai Bridges and Daniela Mack take turns completing the principal trio. The moving, fully-staged new production also marks the Met debut of Lileana Blain-Cruz, resident director at Lincoln Center Theater, who received universal acclaim for her Tony-nominated 2022 production of The Skin of Our Teeth.
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Robert Spano + Rite of Spring • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
May 16th & 18th, 2024 • Atlanta Symphony Hall
Much has been written about the riot that disrupted the 1913 world premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. What incited such a reaction? Was it the music or the choreography? Was it the subject matter (human sacrifice), or was it personal? No one knows for sure, but by 1940, Walt Disney saw fit to include the piece in his feature film Fantasia. Today, The Rite of Spring isn’t quite so shocking but delivers a thrilling sound experience in the hands of a great orchestra. This week, ASO Music Director Laureate Robert Spano conducts Stravinsky’s masterpiece and welcomes the return of American composer Jonathan Leshnoff for the world premiere of his oratorio The Sacrifice of Isaac.
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L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges • College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH, 2013
Early Music Recital: Ich Habe Genug • Rice University, 2016
Giulio Cesare in Egitto • Rice University, 2017 • Photo By Ted Washington
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