Med operaorkestret Sopranista! by Various, dom. 05 mar 2023, De (2023/2023), Director Michael Hofstetter, Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Noruega

Extravagant and talented - soprano Samuel Mariño! It becomes heavenly beautiful when the male soprano Samuel Mariño brings arias written for the "castrato" singers in the Baroque - together with the Opera Orchestra. At this concert, Samuel Mariño sings music released on his debut album Sopranista! from 2022. The repertoire is from a time when gender norms in opera were in many ways more nuanced and fluid. Here, Mariño performs arias written for the famous male "castrato" singers of the days of Mozart and Gluck, which have largely been sung by female voices in the centuries since castration was banned. But in recent years we hear more and more countertenors and sopranos on the opera and concert stages.