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	The Secret Life of Countertenors
		Asawa reports that when he first came on the scene, "People would look up when I'd start singing, be shocked by my high voice, look down at the program to see who I was, and then look back up and watch me again.
		Among Asawa's fantasy roles are Rossini's Tancredi, Malcolm in Rossini's La Donna del Lago and the contralto pants role in Donizetti's Anna Bolena.
		Asawa, who is gay, has never felt that his sexual orientation was assumed or addressed by his singing.
	www.radix.net /~dalila/singers/CT/counter-secret.html (1206 words)

	Brian Asawa - The Dark Is My Delight And Other 16th Century Lute Songs / Tayler \| Anonymous,... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As one of the leaders of an exciting new generation of countertenors, Brian Asawa benefits not only from his distinctive voice, but also from his record label's publicity machine, which has made his name and his first two recordings strongly recognized by critics and listeners.
		Asawa's success at the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in 1991 and his many opera performances in the United States and abroad certainly haven't hurt his career.
		Brian Asawa is a rising star of countertenors to the same level as the "great tenors." I do not exaggerate when I say this.
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		Asawa received his early stage training with the prestigious Merola program with San Francisco Opera, where he was a 1992 Adler Fellow with the Opera Center, and made his house debut as ‘Number 2’ in Henze’s DAS VERRATENE MEER.
		Asawa is especially known for his many Handel roles, singing Arsamenes in SERSE, Polinesso in ARIODANTE, Tolomeo in GIULIO CAESARE and the title role of ADMENTO
		Asawa is the first countertenor ever to win the Metropolitan Opera national auditions and also the first countertenor to win the Richard Tucker Foundation career grant.
	www.ups.edu /faculty/mdelos/Asawa.htm (205 words)

	Amazon.ca: Customer Reviews Music: The Dark Is My Delight And Other 16th Century Lute Songs [Import] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Asawa's voice has a sweet and fairly clean alto character, but the desired strenth and passion of the counter tenor labeling is obviously lacking.
		Asawa's voice can be something more than a young alto with an overindulgent rubato complex.
		Asawa, but I do hope he will be braver with the timbres and colors in his voice.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/music/B000003G9X/customer-reviews (786 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Brian Asawa
		Japanese American countertenor Brian Asawa (born 1966) studied music at UC Santa Cruz, UCLA and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
		After a two year association as a young artist with San Francisco Opera in 1991-92, he became the first countertenor to win the Plácido Domingo Operalia International Opera Competition (1994) and was chosen Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year (1996-97).
		Asawa's discography includes four solo recital discs ranging from Dowland and Campion to Rachmaninov and Ned Rorem.
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	Medialunchbox - Music : Brian Asawa - The Dark Is My Delight And Other 16th Century Lute Songs / Tayler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Asawa's agile voice projects a strong character coupled with an effortless delivery that will appeal to many listeners.
		Asawa's voice has a sweet and fairly clean alto character, but the desired strenth and passion of the counter tenor labeling...
		Brian's voice is an incredible gift that every person should be exposed to.
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	Brian Asawa - more than a day ~ music of Ned Rorem - jewishbookmall.com Info and Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I do have most of his recordings, and am very familiar with his voice, but I was more interested in hearing the ever charming and inventive Ned Rorem in his latest foibles.
		Brian certainly has done a wonderful job with this difficult and beautiful music.
		Brian Asawa - The Dark Is My Delight And Other 16th Century Lute Songs / Tayler
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	Discount Scarlatti Cantatas, Volume III / McGegan, Brian Asawa, Alessandro Scarlatti CD CD - FindUsedCDs.com - Compare ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They are performed by the Japanese American countertenor Brian Asawa and the period instruments of the U.S.-based Arcadian Academy, which takes its name from a 17th-century society of artistic and aristocratic intellectuals living in Rome.
		Asawa's operatic voice is high and feminine, which suits Scarlatti, as he composed these cantatas for castrati.
		Asawa sighs and keens with beautiful self-pity as he suffers the cutting edge of Cupid's darts in "Nel silenzio." In "Ferma Omai," he weeps, rejected by a fleeing shepherdess (very Arcadian).
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	Music : Brian Asawa - Vocalise / Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
		Countertenor Brian Asawa delivers plenty of pretty sounds, but he just doesn't have the emotional range or dramatic tools to make convincing interpretations.
		Asawa is flawless on this album, but then again I may be biased since he is one of my favorite Countertenors and since I am a starting Countertenor myself.
		Asawa's voice is deliciously full and sensual as well as smooth.
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	The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine): Hitting the high notes.(Spring Music)(counterte... @ HighBeam ...
		Hitting the high notes.(Spring Music)(countertenor Brian Asawa is not unique in his profession)(Brief Article)
		Operatic countertenor Brian Asawa shares some intriguing characteristics with his peers
		The San Francisco-based Asawa grew up in Los Angeles, singing in the choir of his Japanese Methodist church.
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	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Brian Asawa
		Japanese American countertenor Brian Asawa studied music at UC Santa Cruz, UCLA and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
		The 2000-01 season began with a return to San Francisco Opera as Athamas in Semele, and he recently made his Zurich Tonhalle debut in concerts of the Handel Messiah and his Italian debut as Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.
		Asawa also gives many solo recitals including recent engagements at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Dresden Musikfestspiele and Concertgebouw Brugge.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=9087&source_type=A (207 words)

	Advocate, The: Hitting the high notes - Spring Music - countertenor Brian Asawa is not unique in his profession - Brief ...
		Advocate, The: Hitting the high notes - Spring Music - countertenor Brian Asawa is not unique in his profession - Brief Article
		Brian Asawa is the latest and the brightest.
		To some ears the high-pitched range of these male vocalists may sound strange, but to others it is precisely this ambiguity that is the main draw.
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	Brian Asawa - more than a day ~ music of Ned Rorem \| Ned Rorem, Jeffrey Kahane, ... \| Wonderful...
		The juxtapositioning of the orchestral suite in the middle of a vocal album was a little odd, but the music IS very nice, and does flow with the album order.
		Probably not destined to become a classic for either performer or composer, but worth the price to experience Asawa's technical navigation of weighty and ponderous writing as well as the sheer candor of Rorems writing.
		The music is challenging and there are points at which I really wish his voice were more emotional but in the less dramatic passages, he achieves a sound that is direct and graceful.
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	GoHastings.com Item Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Asawa, along with colleagues David Daniels, Jochen Kowalski, and Michael Chance stand alone as the preeminent interpreters of the countertenor repertoire.
		Asawa's voice is indisputably precise and a delight to the ear.
		The songs of Dowland are darker in tone, and the anonymous popular songs and those by Campion are filled with mixed emotions, but all give Asawa the opportunity to show the listener that this was the music of the people, of everyday life and all of its ups and downs.
	www.gohastings.com /catalog/item/item.asp?prodid=36314153 (825 words)

	Amazon.com: Handel - Serse / Malafronte, J. Smith, Milne, Bickley, Asawa, D. Thomas, Ely, McGegan [BOX SET]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Performed by David Evan Thomas, Brian Asawa, Susan Bickley, Hanover Band, Judith Malafronte
		The countertenor, Asawa, is excellent as are Milne, Bickley and Ely.
		While her performance is passionate (which is her sole mitigation), she manages to sound like Arsamene's mother....PARTICULARLY alongside Brian Asawa's ravishing countertenor.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IFOS?v=glance (2147 words)

	Gracenote: Albums - More Than A Day - Water Music - From An Unknown Past
		Brian Asawa; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jeffrey Kahane; Margaret Batjer-solo violin; Gary Gray-clarinet / More Than A Day - Water Music - From An Unknown Past
		Artist Info : Brian Asawa; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jeffrey Kahane; Margaret Batjer-solo violin; Gary Gray-clarinet
		Brian Asawa; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jeffrey Kahane; Margaret Batjer-solo violin; Gary Gray-clarinet Auctions at Ebay
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		Brian Asawa - Vocalise / Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
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	DIRECTORY - MUSIC BRIAN ASAWA - ARTS AND MUSIC BRIAN ASAWA
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		An Interview with Brian Asawa - Brian Asawa answers questions about his voice and work.
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	Amazon Shop - Handel - Messiah, HWV56 - Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Accompagnato: Thus Sainth The Lord Of Hosts - Brian Bannatyne-Scott
		Recitative: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Brian Asawa
		Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind Be Open'd - Brian Asawa
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