countertenor in English
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1. Alto definition is - countertenor
2. Franco Fagioli (born 1981, in Tucumán) is an Argentinian operatic countertenor.
3. Tenor is a male voice type in classical music whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone.
4. Watch movie and read libretto and translation of Que ce sejour est Agreable, an aria for countertenor from the French opera Platée by Jean Rameau.
5. While Countertenors have been used for alto parts in all-male church choirs since at least the seventeenth century, the solo countertenor is a relatively new arrival in modern performances of opera and oratorio
6. Countertenors are a niche element of the classical music world -- according to Khodr there are only 52 working Countertenors-- but in these baroque-obsessed times, when Handel operas seem to be more frequently revived than the crowd-pleasers of Giacomo Puccini or Georges Bizet, it can be tricky for a countertenor to offer something new.