Aksel Rykkvin

Norwegian boy soprano Aksel Rykkvin, all quintessential Scandinavian good looks, released his debut album, Aksel!, at the end of 2016. By that time he was 13 years old, going on 14: late for the onset of puberty in contemporary Western societies. Perhaps the clarity of his voice seemed unearthly in part because it was doomed to pass away in just a few months, and no one knew what kind of adult singer Rykkvin would turn out to be. He was born on April 11, 2003. His parents noticed that even as a toddler he loved singing. A maternal uncle had also been a boy chorister, and Ryk...