Boy Soprano - Famous Boy Sopranos

Famous Boy Sopranos

  • Peter Auty sang "Walking in the Air" in the animated film The Snowman and is now a tenor.
  • Andrew Swait recorded and appeared on more than 14 CDs, both as a chorister and soloist between 2003 and 2009 (including as part of the The Choirboys) and is now a bass/ baritone. His historical work and current progress is on Official website for Andrew Swait.
  • David Hemmings started his career as a boy soprano for Benjamin Britten and, most notably, originated the part of Miles in Britten's opera, "The Turn of the Screw".
  • Andrew Johnston rose to fame after his participation in the second series of Britain's Got Talent.
  • Aled Jones was a world famous Welsh boy soprano who is now famous again as a baritone.
  • Ernest Lough sold millions with his rendition of "O for the Wings of a Dove" in 1927, recorded when he was 16.
  • Jean-Baptiste Maunier starred and sang in the French film Les Choristes.
  • Joseph McManners is known for his renditions of "Bright Eyes", "Circle of Life" and "In Dreams".
  • Paul Miles-Kingston sang in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem with Sarah Brightman
  • Paul Phoenix sang the theme to the BBC's “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” as a chorister of St Paul's Cathedral, and is now one of the King's Singers.
  • Anthony Way starred and sang in the hit mini-series The Choir, which was based on a novel of the same name by Joanna Trollope.
  • Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones sang as a boy soprano for Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey.
  • James Westman was the first boy to perform and record Gustav Mahler's 4th symphony. He was a member of the American Boychoir, Vienna Boys' Choir and Paris Boyschoir. He recorded a solo album titled Jamie Westman-Treble.
  • Michael Jackson released his first solo single "Got to Be There" in 1971, at the age of 13. As he entered his adult years, his voice descended from boy soprano to high tenor, which was the voice type he had by the time of his death.
  • Frankie Lymon was a famous treble singer from the time he recorded "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" with 1950s boy band quintet The Teenagers and into his solo years after 1957. By the mid-1960s his voice became a deep tenor or light baritone as he matured into adulthood.

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