Felicano, Iván

Iván Maria Feliciano Jr.

Praised as "An operatic showman ...with an amazing bright sound -- the voice of a star in the making." Iván Maria Feliciano Jr. is a countertenor of Afro-Puerto Rican descent, and an anticipated graduate of the Aaron Copland School of Music. Feliciano recently appeared, directed, and revived the opera La Gara Della Quattro Stagione by the late composer Giovanni Bononcini. Feliciano has also appeared as a featured artist in a concert entitled C3: Countertenors, Continuo, and a Consort of Viols. presented as part of the Gotham Early Music Scene's Open Gates Project. Feliciano was also the recent countertenor soloist in Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Queens College Choral Society and a soprano soloist for Handel's seasonal oratorio Messiah. Feliciano placed as a finalist of the annual Bach competition with Queens College spring 2023. Iván Maria has a profound adoration for eary music and aspires to be a Baroque vocal specialist and historian. One of his avid pursuits is transcribing obscure Baroque repertoire suitable for the wide range of his full, rich, dramatic voice.