A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano...

categories, such as tenor and bass. Countertenor range: The countertenor is the highest male voice. Many countertenor singers perform roles originally written...

vocal classification these are usually called contralto and male alto or countertenor. In choral music for mixed voices, "alto" describes the lowest part commonly...

James Thomas Bowman CBE (6 November 1941 – 27 March 2023) was an English countertenor. His career spanned opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals...

David Daniels (born March 12, 1966) is an American countertenor. He was one of the most prominent classical stars to face criminal charges during the MeToo...

and the City of London Festival. The King's Singers consist of two countertenors, a tenor, a bass and two baritones. Their latest album is titled "The...

mezzo-soprano, and contralto. Men are usually divided into four groups: countertenor, tenor, baritone, and bass. With regard to voices of pre-pubescent children...

but it can also be applied to men; "sopranist" is the term for a male countertenor able to sing in the soprano vocal range, while a castrato is the term...

Iestyn Davies MBE FRAM (born 16 September 1979) is a British classical countertenor. Davies was born in York, England and first studied piano and recorder...

Daniel Sullivan (died 1764) was an Irish countertenor, best known for his association with composer Georg Frideric Handel. He began his career in the early...

David Hurley (born August 1962) is a British countertenor who sang with The King's Singers from 1990 to 2016. Hurley was a chorister at Winchester Cathedral...

Kai Wessel (born 1964 in Hamburg) is a German countertenor and teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Kai Wessel started singing in school choirs and...

Voice type Female Soprano Mezzo-soprano Contralto Male Countertenor Tenor Baritone Bass v t e...

determining singers' vocal ranges. There are exceptions, as in opera, where countertenors employ falsetto and coloratura sopranos use the whistle register; notes...

rare, similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typically between the F below middle C (F3 in scientific pitch notation)...

tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers...

has contained two sopranos, two countertenors, two tenors, a baritone and a bass. By 2018, one of the countertenors had been replaced by a female alto...

Andrew Watts (born 29 December 1967) is a British classical countertenor. Andrew Watts was born in Hammersmith, Middlesex. He moved to Iver in Berkshire...

the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th century. He is sometimes referred to as the "godfather of the countertenor". His...

(French pronunciation: [filip ʒaʁuski]; born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the...

Peter Giles (born 1939) is a British countertenor and writer of scientific books about countertenors. Giles began his career as a boy chorister in a traditional...

Max Riebl (26 June 1991 – 30 April 2022) was an Australian countertenor. Riebl was born in Melbourne, the younger brother of Felix Riebl. He attended Melbourne...

Daniel John Taylor OC (born November 1969), is a Canadian countertenor, conductor and early music specialist. Taylor directs the Trinity Choir, the Theatre...

David Hansen (born 6 October 1981) is an Australian countertenor. Hansen was born in Sydney, Australia, and attended St Andrew's Cathedral School and Newington...

III and Mary II. Growing interest in Baroque music and the rise of the countertenor contributed to the work's re-entry into the repertoire. The opera received...

famous singers. Usually men singing within the female range are called countertenors since there is a lighter more breathy tonal (falsetto) quality difference...

Daniel Moody is an American countertenor who has performed leading roles at opera houses and festivals in North America, performing both Baroque and contemporary...

Raphaël Pichon (born in 1984 in Paris) is a French countertenor, choral and orchestral conductor. Raphaël Pichon was a member of the Maîtrise des petits...

Max Emanuel Cenčić (born 21 September 1976) is a Croatian countertenor. He was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir. Max Emanuel Cenčić was born in Zagreb...

countertenors (three altos and three sopranos). The original members included Jim Armington (tenor), Ted Bakkila (baritone), Rob Bell (countertenor)...