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Inside The Sistine Chapel Choir: A Singer Tells All (Well, Most)

MUSIC Posted: January 5, 2017 4:31 am

The Vatican’s flagship chorus got a bad reputation during the late 20th century (you may have heard its wobbly yelling on TV when a pope died), but Pope Benedict hired a new director to raise standards, and there’s been real progress. The choir’s only English member tells what it’s like to have a job today in what’s probably the world’s oldest vocal ensemble.

MUSIC Published: 12.29.16

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 12.29.16

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