Russell Oberlin obituary

Countertenor who became a leading light in the early music movementTwo countertenors, one British, one American, were at the centre of the early music movement as it gathered momentum in the middle of the 20th century: Alfred Deller and Russell Oberlin. While Deller was firmly rooted in the Anglican choral tradition, the voice and stylistic address of the Ohio-born Oberlin, who has died at the age of 88, were conspicuously more secular – early professional assignments included the advertis