Aaron Sheehan (Photo: Carlos Checa)
Grammy Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan is internationally recognized as a leading interpreter of baroque repertoire. A specialist in the haute-contre or high tenor roles of the French Baroque, the recording of his performance in the title role of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers with Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Sheehan’s discography includes numerous haute-contre roles performed with BEMF and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. His Handelian repertoire on disc includes the role of Jonathan in Handel’s Saul, Acis in Handel’s Acis and Galatea, and a solo album of arias from Handel oratorios. He joined Oliver from the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival to describe his approach to Handel and haute-contre repertoire.
Aaron Sheehan makes his debut with Music of the Baroque this month in Haydn’s The Creation Learn more HERE.
Aaron Sheehan and the New York Baroque Dance Company in Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s ‘Le Temple de la Gloire’ (Photo: Frank Wing)
Playlist
All performances feature tenor Aaron Sheehan.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Selections from La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers
Charpentier: Selections from Actéon
Teresa Wakim, soprano
Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, artistic directors
George Frideric Handel: “The princes applaud with furious joy” from Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75
Handel: “Torments alas are not confin’d” from Samson, HWV 57
Handel: “Thus when the sun from’s wat’ry bed” from Samson, HWV 57
Pacific MusicWorks Orchestra
Stephen Stubbs, conductor
Handel: “Love in her eyes sits playing” from Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
Handel: “Happy we” from Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
Teresa Wakim, soprano
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, artistic directors