| Michael Chance | |
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| ]] The Bangkok Opera's 2006 production of Ayodhya with Michael Chance as Ganesha.]] |
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| Born | March 7, 1955 |
Michael Chance CBE (born 7 March 1955 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English countertenor.
Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge. He took part in the project of Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[1][2]