John Holiday sings Vivaldi - ’Ah, ch’infelice!’ | John Holiday, AAM

** Enjoy what you’re hearing? Please consider donating to help support the future of AAM. Visit ** Countertenor John Holiday stars in the aria ’Ah, ch’infelice!’ from Antonio Vivaldi’s cantata ’Cessate, omai cessate’, RV684 [], performed with the Academy of Ancient Music. John has quickly established himself as a fast-rising singer to watch and “one of the finest countertenors of his generation” (Los Angeles Times). His voice has been praised as “a thing of astonishing beauty” (New Yorker), “arrestingly powerful, secure and dramatically high” (Wall Street Journal), “exceptional [and] in its highest range” (The New York Times) and “timeless”(Washington Post). Here he sings one of Vivaldi’s most magnificent yet under-appreciated arias, depicting a shepherd weeping over his lost love, the pizzicato strings suggesting tears landing on the strings of his lyre. ’AH, CH’INFELICE’ ’