Operatic countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński was born in Warsaw, Poland on
December 8, 1990. He became interested in singing as a child when he performed
in a choir, moving into Renaissance music when he was a teenager. He began his
career as a member of Gregorianum, a male Gregorian choir, before taking courses
at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, graduating in 2012. After training
at the Warsaw Opera, he took part in performances of works by Purcell and
Handel. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York from 2015 to 2017 and was
a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera co...