Today, Decca Records/Universal Music releases Voice From Assisi, the recording debut from Franciscan Friar, Alessandro Brustenghi. Friar Alessandro is the first Friar in the history to land a major ...

Voice from Assisi consists of traditional and modern sacred songs, from Schubert’s Ave Maria and “Sancta Maria” from Cavalleria Rusticana and a recently discovered aria by Bellini, through settings of ...

A Franciscan Friar, Alessandro Brustenghi, from the original friary founded by Saint Francis of Assisi: the Porziuncola in Assisi, has signed a global record deal. Alessandro is the first Friar in the ...

Hundreds of Baltimore City school children will be at the Basilica Friday morning to listen to a concert by Friar Alessandro Brustenghi. The friar known as the "Voice from Assisi" was invited to ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Decca Records/Universal Music announces the global signing of Franciscan Friar, ...

A Franciscan friar who signed a deal with Lady Gaga's record company, has received an album of the year nomination at the Classic Brit Awards. Friar Alessandro, the first religious brother to land a ...

Bosses at Decca Records in Britain have signed up the Franciscan friar, who has refused any money from the deal with all proceeds going towards charitable work. Leading record producer Mike Hedges — ...

Alessandro Brustenghi grew up in Assisi, Italy, in a family of agnostics. Dinner-table conversation has a distinct lack of God-talk. One day, he experienced something very powerful and began to ...

A Franciscan tenor has become the first ever friar to sign a major recording contract, after music executives heard him sing in his native Italy. By Hannah Furness 21 May 2012 • 12:00pm Franciscan ...

Alessandro Brustenghi – from the original friary founded by Saint Francis of Assisi, the Porziuncola in Assisi – made the headlines earlier this year when he became the first Friar in the history of ...

A friar's personal take on some favourites from the choral canon. Album of the Week, 8 October 2012. "Music matters to me because it's a direct line to God." Listening to Friar Alessandro speaking ...