Jaroussky: “It’s important to know how to say no to roles that aren’t for us”

In the ascent to heaven, Philippe Jarousski was dominated by the maxim as one of the most famous voices of the current song: “It is important to know how to say no to roles that are not for us,” he tells Efe while preparing a new challenge, that of 1759).

“My dream from the beginning would be to sing ‘Ariodante’, the hardest opera Händel wrote for castrato, but it’s too big for me. And that of ‘Orlando’, which needs a strong contraral voice,” admits this French countertenor who has his own a...