Le Figaro writes of counter-tenor Timothy Linwood, “[h]is voice filled the hall with great ease . . . and with great flexibility.” Best known for his recitals and concerts throughout France, Germany, England and the United States, Mr. Linwood is, according to the classical music magazine, Music & Vision, “a truly astonishing countertenor, an intellectual among singers.” Equally at home performing art songs by Fauré and Ravel, he has given recitals at the Château de la Muette, the Trocadero, and the Théâtre Mirabeau and concert versions of Scarlatti’s La principessa fedele and Purcell’s Dido and Aneas at the Château de Milon. Purcell’s love poems invoked from Le Monde de la Musique that “the sweet and velvety quality of Mr. Linwood’s voice left the audience spellbound.” Mr. Linwood appeared as a guest artist at the first gala fundraiser for the reconstruction of the Dresdener Frauenkirche in the vaulted chambers of the French Historic Society, as well as numerous oratorios and cantatas at the American Cathedral in Paris, including Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, and works by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and Schütz. Operatic roles include the lead in Gluck’s Orfeo, Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazzione de Poppea, Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo, and Anténor in Rameau’s Dardanus.

While Amocanti is not a performing group, per se, the following have participated in various Amocanti Events and Projects.

Debra Patchell

Known for her “powerful, yet warm sound,” Debra Patchell possesses a “rare grand voice remarkable for its seamless transitions, perfectly controlled fortes and pianissimos, and a stage presence that stills her audiences into spellbound silence.” Performing with opera companies and orchestras throughout the United States and Europe, Ms. Patchell specializes in dramatic mezzo roles such as Amneris, Azucena, and Adalgisa. She has sung Verdi’s Requiem with the Hamburg Camarata in Germany, Mario Lavista’s Hacia El Comienzo and Manuel de Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Españolas and El Amor Brujo with New York City’s Prism Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Jeannine Wagar, and Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Riders to the Sea with conductor John Moriarty. In January 2005, she appeared in concert at the Ortiz Tirado Music Festival in Mexico as one of the “Three American Sopranos” -- garnering superlative reviews. An original cast member of Baz Luhrmann’s Tony Award winning La Bohème both on Broadway and in Los Angeles, Ms. Patchell won the Los Angeles Stage Alliance’s Ovation Award for her performance. Ms. Patchell has made solo appearances with the Dallas Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the Carmel Bach Festival, and the Minnesota Bach Society, and has performed roles with the Opera Company of Boston, the Boston Lyric Opera, the New Jersey State Opera, and the West End Opera.

Carla Thelen Hanson

Douglas Martin

Douglas Martin has brought his vibrant conducting style to Virginia Opera, Ashlawn Opera, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, Di Capo Theater, and most notably with Baz Luhrmann’s “La Boheme on Broadway” in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. He has also enjoyed serving as assisting pianist with major companies throughout the US and Europe including New York, Santa Fe, Mexico City, Ireland, and most recently Los Angeles. Mr. Martin has also served as a Fellowship Instructor at Indiana University, and the American Opera Center at the Juilliard School and has coached singers for 25 years in New York City.