Brennan Hall

American countertenor Brennan Hall was born in Brooklyn New York and made his film debut in Matthew Barneys River of Fundament a nontraditional filmed opera He started singing at the age 7 and is the only musician in his family He made his debut singing at Carnegie Hall in a Master Class with Martin Katz as part of Marilyn Hornes annual series The Song Continues He also sings professionally with the American Bach Soloists based in San Francisco and Bach Vesper at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City Hall performed several scenes from Barneys film at the 2012 Summer Holland Festival in Amsterdam He performed the title role in Phillip Glasss Akhnaten with the Indianapolis Opera Company This summer he will perform the lead role of Oberon in Benjamin Brittens A Midsummer Nights Dream with Opera on The Avalon and the role of Arsamene in Handels Xerxes with Bel Canatanti Opera Hall has performed the roles of the Spirit in Purcells Dido and Aeneas and as Willie in Small Box a new oneact opera by librettist Bruce L Pearson and composer Herman Whitfield III He has also appeared in scenes as Sesto in Giulio Cesare Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice and Malcome in La Donna del Lago at the Jacobs School of Music