Breakdancing opera countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski comes to Singapore

SINGAPORE – Countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski with “the voice of an angel” nods sympathetically from Bali, Indonesia, when the opera world’s burning concern of the day is raised.

Not the advent of artificial intelligence. Instead, much of the industry’s recent concerted efforts have been spent rebutting ill-fated comments from actor Timothee Chalamet at the University of Texas in February, in which the Marty Supreme (2025) Oscar nominee had dismissed opera and ballet as art forms that “no one cares about anymore”.