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also: Music: Genres: Opera: Singers: By voice type: Countertenors The main article for this category is Countertenor . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Countertenor vocalists .
American counter-tenor. United States of America: 1958-06-17 Q3023749: Erik Kurmangaliev: Russian actor and opera singer (1959–2007) Russia Kazakhstan Soviet Union: 1959-01-02 2007-11-13 Kulsary: Moscow: Q4248569: David Cordier: British opera singer and singer United Kingdom: 1959-05-01 Rochester: Q1174070: Axel Köhler: German opera singer ...
For classical and operatic singers, their voice type determines the roles they will sing and is a primary method of categorization. In classical music, a "pure" contralto is considered the rarest type of female voice. [3] In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender, not their vocal range. [4]
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In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender and not by their vocal range. [2] When the terms soprano , mezzo-soprano , contralto , tenor , baritone , and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices, they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally ...
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Operatic countertenors are men who sing countertenor roles in operas for opera companies in opera houses. Pages in category "Operatic countertenors" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
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 voice types, generally extending from around G 3 to D 5 or E 5, [1] although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C 4 to C 6. [2]