Michael Chance

The Bangkok Opera's 2006 production of Ayodhya with Michael Chance as Ganesha.

Michael Chance CBE (born 7 March 1955 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English countertenor.

Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge. He took part in the project of Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.^[1][2]

Footnotes

1. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 7. 31 December 2008.
2. ^ BBC News New Year Honours list

External links

• Official website
• Bach-Cantatas.com: Michael Chance
• Hyperion Records: Michael Chance
• Michael Chance: Affinities between baroque and rock voices - Opera~Opera article

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