“Listening to his debut recording is a highly satisfying experience,” writes theartsdesk’s classical CD reviewer Graham Rickson. “Hedges’ arrangements are invariably discreet and sensitive, and ...

Today, Decca Records/Universal Music releases Voice From Assisi, the recording debut from Franciscan Friar, Alessandro Brustenghi. Friar Alessandro is the first Friar in the history to land a major ...

A Franciscan Friar, Alessandro Brustenghi, from the original friary founded by Saint Francis of Assisi: the Porziuncola in Assisi, has signed a global record deal. Alessandro is the first Friar in the ...

Friar Alessandro from Italy will be singing in Baltimore at the Basilica Friday. His concert will be for Baltimore City school children. Hundreds of Baltimore City school children will be at the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Decca Records/Universal Music announces the global signing of Franciscan Friar, ...

Bosses at Decca Records in Britain have signed up the Franciscan friar, who has refused any money from the deal with all proceeds going towards charitable work. Leading record producer Mike Hedges — ...

Alessandro Brustenghi grew up in Assisi, Italy, in a family of agnostics. Dinner-table conversation has a distinct lack of God-talk. One day, he experienced something very powerful and began to ...

One of Kerry's finest sacred spaces welcomed celebrated Italian tenor, Friar Alessandro on Sunday, April 17, as he treated his massive audience in St Mary's Cathedral to a stellar performance of some ...

The 34-year-old from Assisi was spotted by Decca's Mike Hedges, who was travelling through Italy hunting around for a new tenor. Brustenghi is not a conservatorium-trained singer. At the age of 19, he ...