Reed Demangone

“Reed Demangone as Tirinto is a very musical countertenor. We feel the fine musician's instinct.” Christophe Huss, Le Devoir

“Countertenor Reed Demangone, isn’t lacking in stature… [he] shows agility and delicacy in his arias, as well as in his performance.” Alexis Desrosiers-Michaud, PANM360

Reed Demangone is an American countertenor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who began his performing career at four years old and has yet to stop. Reed has appeared as endless characters of different style and stature, and loves to go outside the box of what is expected from a countertenor. Most recently, Reed has gone from playing the forlorn lover Ottone in Handel’s Agrippina with the Boston Early Music Festival, to portraying the bizarre and loving Strephon in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe with the Maenad Theatre Troupe.

In addition to his work as a singer, Reed is also an up and coming stage director, with a specialization in fight and intimacy coordination, recently appearing as a fight choreographer for Boston Early Music Festival’s production of La Stellidaura Vendicante, and as an intimacy coordinator for Hibi Gibi Opera’s La Serva Padrona. In his most recent work as a stage director, Reed produced and directed a fully staged production of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, complete with full baroque orchestra. 

While singing is his first love, Reed also boasts a wide variety of other interests and skills, both within music and without. As a Baroque specialist, Reed also plays the harpsichord, delighting in realizing figured bass and accompanying his colleagues. Outside of music, he is also a nationally rated Epee fencer, and enjoyed the title of team captain at University of Cincinnati, and worked as a fencing instructor and armorer at McGill University. 

Reed began his operatic education at the College-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati (CCM), where he earned his Bachelors of Music, soon followed by a Masters of Music from the Schulich School of Music at McGill University (SSoM). Following his work as a young artist with the Boston Early Music Festival, he has continued working with the incredible musical scene in the Boston area, and is always looking forward to what comes next!