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- although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6. Countertenors often have tenor or baritone chest voices...
- these men are more commonly referred to as countertenors or sopranists. The practice of referring to countertenors as "male sopranos" is somewhat controversial...
- mezzo-sopranos and contraltos might sing the alto part, together with countertenors, thus having three vocal timbres (and two means of vocal production)...
- register is engaged (the singer is singing using the voice). In skilled countertenors, however, the mucous membrane of the vocal folds contact with each other...
- just above tenor covering D3 to about D5.[citation needed] Countertenor subtypes: Countertenors are often broken down into three subcategories: sopranist...
- is much less common outside the UK where the term countertenor is more often applied. Countertenors are also widely emplo**** within opera as solo vocalists...
- has also branched out from the baroque roles usually ****ociated with countertenors to include Oberon in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at...
- James Thomas Bowman CBE (6 November 1941 – 27 March 2023) was an English countertenor. His career spanned opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals...
- 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...
- Andrew Watts (born 29 December 1967) is a British classical countertenor. Andrew Watts was born in Hammersmith, Middle****. He moved to Iver in Berkshire...