Singing friar signs deal and gets set for stardom
Abbey Road, the legendary studios where The Beatles recorded, is now hosting an operatic Franciscan friar from Assisi.
- Hannah Furness
- Italy
- May 24, 2012
A Franciscan tenor has become the first ever friar to sign a major recording contract, after music executives heard him sing in his native Italy.
Alessandro Brustenghi, who has taken a vow of poverty, will now showcase his voice to millions of opera fans after signing an album deal.
The 34-year-old friar, who boarded an aeroplane for the first time to travel to Abbey Road studios, intends to donate all proceeds from record sales to the Order of Friars Minor for charitable work.
He has been signed to Decca Records, part of Universal Music, with executives from 25 different countries flying to London to see his first performance at the 2012 International Decca Conference in Westminster.
It will be Friar Alessandro’s first performance outside Italy, although he already features in his own YouTube video.
The friar, who has been singing all his life, usually works as a carpenter, making wooden lecturns and restoring furniture.
He also welcomes visitors to Assisi as part of his work at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli.
He will not accept money for his record sales, diverting it instead to the religious order.
Full Story: Franciscan Friar becomes first to sign major record deal
Source: The Telegraph
Alessandro Brustenghi, who has taken a vow of poverty, will now showcase his voice to millions of opera fans after signing an album deal.
The 34-year-old friar, who boarded an aeroplane for the first time to travel to Abbey Road studios, intends to donate all proceeds from record sales to the Order of Friars Minor for charitable work.
He has been signed to Decca Records, part of Universal Music, with executives from 25 different countries flying to London to see his first performance at the 2012 International Decca Conference in Westminster.
It will be Friar Alessandro’s first performance outside Italy, although he already features in his own YouTube video.
The friar, who has been singing all his life, usually works as a carpenter, making wooden lecturns and restoring furniture.
He also welcomes visitors to Assisi as part of his work at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli.
He will not accept money for his record sales, diverting it instead to the religious order.
Full Story: Franciscan Friar becomes first to sign major record deal
Source: The Telegraph
