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 ...

“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 ...

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, ...

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 ...