Rare, not precious.
A sopranist countertenor is unusual. The experience should still feel immediate, generous and human.
The House · The Artist
A house built around the human voice.
Aria Amore creates intimate, story-driven classical experiences under the artistic direction of sopranist countertenor Xavier Williams.
Xavier WilliamsFounder · Artistic Director
Xavier Williams · Founder & Artistic Director
One of classical music's rarest vocal colors.
Xavier Williams is a sopranist countertenor whose voice inhabits the brilliant upper register of the male voice with power, precision and unmistakable warmth.
Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Xavier performs across sacred music, American art song, spirituals, Baroque repertoire and curated crossover work. The instrument may be unusual; the goal is not. Every performance begins with the human question underneath the music: what does this room need to feel?
5+Opera roles
3National rosters
75Minutes · flagship recital
Why Aria Amore exists
Virtuosity and human connection belong in the same room.
Aria Amore is not built around volume. It is built around attention.
A wedding processional, a funeral hymn, a Christmas carol and a recital by Florence Price ask entirely different things of the singer. The house exists to meet each of those moments with the same standard of musical preparation and a different emotional vocabulary.
Black composers and American art song are central to the artistic identity of the house. So is sacred music. So is the belief that classical performance can be refined without becoming remote.
History in the room.
Black composers, American art song, spirituals and sacred music are not side categories. They are part of the spine of Aria Amore.
Curated, never generic.
Each engagement is shaped around the occasion, the room and the people who will actually be listening.
Selected credentials
From Charleston to international stages.
American Spiritual Ensemble
Roster Artist
National Chorale
Lincoln Center · Roster Artist, 2025
Berlin Opera Academy
Accepted, 2025
Charleston Opera Theater
Don Giovanni · L'elisir d'amore · La Bohème
NATS
1st Place District & State · 2nd Place National
Meistersinger
Finalist · Graz, Austria
The house is built for the room
Where should the voice go next?
Explore weddings, memorials, concerts and seasonal performances — or begin with the occasion.