countertenor

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All but two of the singers are, be they women or male countertenors, are sopranos or altos.

From Los Angeles Times

A countertenor role, sung at the Met by John Holliday, in which the singer appears in different guises, can be seen as something like an angel of death or ferryman.

From New York Times

Pichon knew that he wanted to conduct by the time he was 16, but he kept singing, in time working professionally as a countertenor with conductors including Savall.

From New York Times

The most surprising of the opera’s quartet of characters is a young actor named Leonardo — a countertenor role — who impersonates Greta Garbo for a fan, whom Leonardo crosses over from Mictlan to visit every year.

From New York Times

That group, which she dissolved a decade later, was originally intended to allow her to sing Baroque repertoire that countertenors had otherwise claimed, she said, but podium dates started to follow.

From New York Times