OwenWillettscounter tenor

'The discovery of the evening however, was Owen Willetts' alto singing. His is a voice of considerable beauty and power, completely untroubled by problems of passaggio, and sounding unforced and effortless throughout its considerable dynamic range. While all four soloists were more than pleasurable to hear, Owen Willetts' contributions will stay longest in the memory...'
Musicweb International

'...the performance of the evening, however, came from Owen Willetts as an impassioned, moving and rich-voiced Ottone.'
www.musicalcriticism.com

'This terrific production [Coronation of Poppea at Iford, 2009] is brilliantly served by a stunning young cast of singing actors, outstanding among whom is Owen Willetts, a counter tenor the beauty of whose voice makes you want to cry and cheer at the same time.'
www.thisissomerset.co.uk

Owen began singing as a choral scholar at Sheffield Cathedral and then at Lichfield Cathedral. In his year at Lichfield Owen won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he spent four years studying with Noelle Barker, Iain Leadingham and David Lowe.

Owen has worked on the concert stage with many of the leading names in historical performance, including John Elliot Gardiner, Laurence Cummings, Emmanulle Haïm, Richard Egar and Christian Curnyn. He has given solo recitals at the Sligo Baroque Festival, the Belfast BBC Arts Festival, the Lichfield Arts Festival, the London Handel Festival, in the National Portrait Gallery, London and in St. Martin in the Fields, London. With the Irish Baroque Orchestra Owen has performed Bach's St. John Passion and both the Vivaldi & Pergolesi Stabat Mater.

The Irish Times said of this performance;

'Creating some splendid resonances of his own was countertenor Owen Willetts, whose falsetto was no less impressive for its sumptuous low notes than for its ringing high ones. He showed an innate sense of the music's style, both as soloist in the Vivaldi and in duet in the Pergolesi...'