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Countertenor and Opera have 43 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alfred Schnittke, Alto, Antonio Vivaldi, Baritone, Benjamin Britten, Breeches role, Castrato, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Classical music, Claudio Monteverdi, Contralto, Fach, George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare, Harrison Birtwistle, Haute-contre, Henry Purcell, Historia von D. Johann Fausten (opera), Italian opera, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jesus Christ Superstar, Krzysztof Penderecki, L'Orfeo, Leonard Bernstein, Mezzo-soprano, Neal Zaslaw, Opera seria, Orfeo ed Euridice, Philip Glass, Romantic music, ..., Singing, Sopranist, Soprano, Stanley Sadie, Tenor, Tessitura, The Fairy-Queen, The Minotaur (opera), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Thomas Adès, Vocal range, Voice type, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Expand index (13 more) »
Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, Alfred Garrievich Shnitke; November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Soviet and German composer.
Alfred Schnittke and Countertenor · Alfred Schnittke and Opera ·
Alto
The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), refers to the second highest part of a contrapuntal musical texture and is also applied to its associated vocal range, especially in choral music.
Alto and Countertenor · Alto and Opera ·
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric.
Antonio Vivaldi and Countertenor · Antonio Vivaldi and Opera ·
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types.
Baritone and Countertenor · Baritone and Opera ·
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist.
Benjamin Britten and Countertenor · Benjamin Britten and Opera ·
Breeches role
A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role, travesti or "Hosenrolle") is a role in which an actress appears in male clothing.
Breeches role and Countertenor · Breeches role and Opera ·
Castrato
A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto.
Castrato and Countertenor · Castrato and Opera ·
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (born on 2 July, baptized 4 July 1714As there is only a documentary record with Gluck's date of baptism, 4 July. According to his widow, he was born on 3 July, but nobody in the 18th century paid attention to the birthdate until Napoleon introduced it. A birth date was only known if the parents kept a diary. The authenticity of the 1785 document (published in the Allgemeinen Wiener Musik-Zeitung vom 6. April 1844) is disputed, by Robl. (Robl 2015, pp. 141–147).--> – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period.
Christoph Willibald Gluck and Countertenor · Christoph Willibald Gluck and Opera ·
Classical music
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.
Classical music and Countertenor · Classical music and Opera ·
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (15 May 1567 (baptized) – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, string player and choirmaster.
Claudio Monteverdi and Countertenor · Claudio Monteverdi and Opera ·
Contralto
A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.
Contralto and Countertenor · Contralto and Opera ·
Fach
The German system (literally "compartment" or "subject of study", here in the sense of "vocal specialization") is a method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, according to the range, weight, and color of their voices.
Countertenor and Fach · Fach and Opera ·
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.
Countertenor and George Frideric Handel · George Frideric Handel and Opera ·
Giulio Cesare
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Italian for "Julius Caesar in Egypt", HWV 17), commonly known as Giulio Cesare, is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed for the Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel in 1724.
Countertenor and Giulio Cesare · Giulio Cesare and Opera ·
Harrison Birtwistle
Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle, (born 15 July 1934) is a British composer.
Countertenor and Harrison Birtwistle · Harrison Birtwistle and Opera ·
Haute-contre
The haute-contre (plural hautes-contre) is a rare type of high tenor voice, predominant in French Baroque and Classical opera until the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Countertenor and Haute-contre · Haute-contre and Opera ·
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (or; c. 10 September 1659According to Holman and Thompson (Grove Music Online, see References) there is uncertainty regarding the year and day of birth. No record of baptism has been found. The year 1659 is based on Purcell's memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey and the frontispiece of his Sonnata's of III. Parts (London, 1683). The day 10 September is based on vague inscriptions in the manuscript GB-Cfm 88. It may also be relevant that he was appointed to his first salaried post on 10 September 1677, which would have been his eighteenth birthday. – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
Countertenor and Henry Purcell · Henry Purcell and Opera ·
Historia von D. Johann Fausten (opera)
Historia von D. Johann Fausten is an opera by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998) in three acts, with introduction and epilogue to the German libretto by Jörg Morgener (Jürgen Köchel) and Alfred Schnittke after the anonymous prose book of the same name (published by Johannes Spies in 1587).
Countertenor and Historia von D. Johann Fausten (opera) · Historia von D. Johann Fausten (opera) and Opera ·
Italian opera
Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language.
Countertenor and Italian opera · Italian opera and Opera ·
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau (–) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century.
Countertenor and Jean-Philippe Rameau · Jean-Philippe Rameau and Opera ·
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.
Countertenor and Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus Christ Superstar and Opera ·
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (born 23 November 1933) is a Polish composer and conductor.
Countertenor and Krzysztof Penderecki · Krzysztof Penderecki and Opera ·
L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo (SV 318), sometimes called La favola d'Orfeo, is a late Renaissance/early Baroque favola in musica, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio.
Countertenor and L'Orfeo · L'Orfeo and Opera ·
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist.
Countertenor and Leonard Bernstein · Leonard Bernstein and Opera ·
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.
Countertenor and Mezzo-soprano · Mezzo-soprano and Opera ·
Neal Zaslaw
Neal Zaslaw (born June 28, 1939) is an American musicologist.
Countertenor and Neal Zaslaw · Neal Zaslaw and Opera ·
Opera seria
Opera seria (plural: opere serie; usually called dramma per musica or melodramma serio) is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to about 1770.
Countertenor and Opera seria · Opera and Opera seria ·
Orfeo ed Euridice
(French:; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Countertenor and Orfeo ed Euridice · Opera and Orfeo ed Euridice ·
Philip Glass
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer.
Countertenor and Philip Glass · Opera and Philip Glass ·
Romantic music
Romantic music is a period of Western classical music that began in the late 18th or early 19th century.
Countertenor and Romantic music · Opera and Romantic music ·
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.
Countertenor and Singing · Opera and Singing ·
Sopranist
A sopranist (also, sopranista or male soprano) is a male singer who is able to sing in the vocal tessitura of a soprano usually through the use of falsetto vocal production.
Countertenor and Sopranist · Opera and Sopranist ·
Soprano
A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.
Countertenor and Soprano · Opera and Soprano ·
Stanley Sadie
Stanley John Sadie, CBE (30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor.
Countertenor and Stanley Sadie · Opera and Stanley Sadie ·
Tenor
Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.
Countertenor and Tenor · Opera and Tenor ·
Tessitura
In music, tessitura (pl. tessiture, "texture") is the most esthetically acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a given singer or, less frequently, musical instrument; the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding (or characteristic) timbre.
Countertenor and Tessitura · Opera and Tessitura ·
The Fairy-Queen
The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a masque or semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a "Restoration spectacular".
Countertenor and The Fairy-Queen · Opera and The Fairy-Queen ·
The Minotaur (opera)
The Minotaur is an opera in two acts, with 13 scenes by English composer Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by poet David Harsent, commissioned by the Royal Opera House in London.
Countertenor and The Minotaur (opera) · Opera and The Minotaur (opera) ·
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject.
Countertenor and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera · Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera ·
Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès CBE (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor.
Countertenor and Thomas Adès · Opera and Thomas Adès ·
Vocal range
Vocal range is the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can phonate.
Countertenor and Vocal range · Opera and Vocal range ·
Voice type
A voice type classifies a singing voice by vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, vocal timbre, vocal transition points (passaggia) like breaks and lifts, and vocal register.
Countertenor and Voice type · Opera and Voice type ·
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.
Countertenor and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Opera and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ·
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Countertenor and Opera Comparison
Countertenor has 122 relations, while Opera has 608. As they have in common 43, the Jaccard index is 5.89% = 43 / (122 + 608).
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