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Countertenor

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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 G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6. [1]

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  1. 142 relations: A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera), A Night at the Chinese Opera, Akhnaten (opera), Alfred Deller, Alfred Schnittke, Alto, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anthony Hicks, Antonio Vivaldi, Aribert Reimann, Athalia (Handel), Baritone, Baroque music, Benjamin Britten, Boy soprano, Breeches role, Castrato, Chanticleer (ensemble), Chest voice, Chichester Psalms, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Classical music, Claudio Monteverdi, Contralto, Daron Hagen, Death in Venice (opera), Descant, Doctor Ox's Experiment (opera), Domenico Mazzocchi, Early music, Early Music (journal), Fach, Falsetto, Falsettone, Faramondo, Flight (opera), Gavin Bryars, Gawain (opera), George Benjamin (composer), George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare, Giustino (Handel), Glee (music), Gramophone (magazine), György Ligeti, Hail! Bright Cecilia, Hans Werner Henze, Harrison Birtwistle, Haute-contre, Head voice, ... Expand index (92 more) »

  2. Pitch (music)
  3. Voice types

A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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A Night at the Chinese Opera

A Night at the Chinese Opera is an opera in three acts by Judith Weir, who also wrote the libretto.

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Akhnaten (opera)

Akhnaten is an opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), written by the American composer Philip Glass in 1983.

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Alfred Deller

Alfred George Deller, CBE (31 May 1912 – 16 July 1979), was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularising the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th century.

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Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer.

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Alto

The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. Countertenor and alto are musical terminology, pitch (music) and voice types.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber, (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.

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Anthony Hicks

Anthony Hicks (26 June 1943 – 26 May 2010) was a Welsh musicologist, music critic, editor, and writer.

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Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music.

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Aribert Reimann

Aribert Reimann (4 March 1936 – 13 March 2024) was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas.

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Athalia (Handel)

Athalia (HWV 52) is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys based on the play Athalie by Jean Racine.

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. Countertenor and baritone are Italian opera terminology, musical terminology, opera terminology, pitch (music) and voice types.

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Baroque music

Baroque music refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750.

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Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist.

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Boy soprano

A male soprano (British and especially North American English) or boy treble (only British English) is a young male singer with a voice in the soprano range, a range that is often still called the treble voice range (in North America too) no matter how old. Countertenor and boy soprano are voice types.

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Breeches role

A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role, or Hosenrolle) is one in which an actress appears in male clothing. Countertenor and breeches role are opera terminology.

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Castrato

A castrato (Italian;: castrati) is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. Countertenor and castrato are Italian opera terminology and voice types.

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Chanticleer (ensemble)

Chanticleer is a full-time male classical vocal ensemble based in San Francisco, California, founded in 1978.

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Chest voice

Chest voice is a term used within vocal music. Countertenor and Chest voice are opera terminology.

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Chichester Psalms

Chichester Psalms is an extended choral composition in three movements by Leonard Bernstein for boy treble or countertenor, choir and orchestra.

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Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period.

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Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.

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Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player.

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Contralto

A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. Countertenor and contralto are Italian opera terminology, musical terminology, opera terminology, pitch (music) and voice types.

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Daron Hagen

Daron Aric Hagen (born November 4, 1961) is an American composer, writer, and filmmaker.

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Death in Venice (opera)

Death in Venice, Op.

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Descant

A descant, discant, or is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. Countertenor and descant are musical terminology.

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Doctor Ox's Experiment (opera)

Doctor Ox's Experiment is an opera in two acts by Gavin Bryars.

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Domenico Mazzocchi

Domenico Mazzocchi (baptised 1592 in Civita Castellana21 January 1665 in Veja) was an Italian Baroque composer of only vocal music, of the generation after Claudio Monteverdi.

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Early music

Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750).

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Early Music (journal)

Early Music is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in the study of early music.

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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 are opera terminology and voice types.

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Falsetto

Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. Countertenor and Falsetto are Italian opera terminology.

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Falsettone

Falsettone is a term used in modern Italian musicology to describe a vocal technique used by male opera singers in the past, in which the fluty sounds typical of falsetto singing are amplified by using the same singing technique used in the modal voice register. Countertenor and Falsettone are Italian opera terminology.

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Faramondo

Faramondo, HWV 39, is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto adapted from Apostolo Zeno's Faramondo.

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Flight (opera)

Flight is an English-language opera in three acts, with music by Jonathan Dove and libretto by April De Angelis.

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Gavin Bryars

Richard Gavin Bryars (born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist.

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Gawain (opera)

Gawain is an opera with music by Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by David Harsent.

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George Benjamin (composer)

Sir George William John Benjamin, CBE (born 31 January 1960) is an English composer of contemporary classical music.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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Giulio Cesare

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17), commonly known as Giulio Cesare, is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724.

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Giustino (Handel)

Giustino ("Justin", HWV 37) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel.

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Glee (music)

A glee is a type of English part song composed during the Late Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic periods (roughly the Georgian era, taken together).

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Gramophone (magazine)

Gramophone (known as The Gramophone prior to 1970) is a magazine published monthly in London, devoted to classical music, particularly to reviews of recordings.

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György Ligeti

György Sándor Ligeti (28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music.

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Hail! Bright Cecilia

Hail! Bright Cecilia (Z.328), also known as Ode to St.

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Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer.

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Harrison Birtwistle

Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects.

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Haute-contre

The haute-contre (plural hautes-contre) was the primary French operatic tenor voice, predominant in French Baroque and Classical opera, from the middle of the seventeenth century until the latter part of the eighteenth century. Countertenor and haute-contre are opera terminology and voice types.

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Head voice

Head voice is a term used within vocal music. Countertenor and Head voice are opera terminology.

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Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell (rare:; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music.

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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).

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Human voice

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling.

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Idomeneo

(Italian for Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Il palazzo incantato

Il Palazzo incantato (The Enchanted Palace) or Il Palagio d’Atlante, overo La Guerriera Amante (The Palace of Atlantes, or The Warrior Woman in Love), or also Lealtà con valore (Loyalty with Bravery) is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the Italian composer Luigi Rossi.

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Il re pastore

(The Shepherd King) is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Metastasio, edited by Giambattista Varesco.

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Italian opera

Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language.

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J. B. Steane

John Barry Steane (12 April 1928 – 17 March 2011) was an English music critic, musicologist, literary scholar and teacher, with a particular interest in singing and the human voice.

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Jacob Obrecht

Jacob Obrecht (also Hobrecht; 1457/8.

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James Bowman (countertenor)

James Thomas Bowman (6 November 1941 – 27 March 2023) was an English countertenor.

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Jean-Philippe Rameau

Jean-Philippe Rameau (–) was a French composer and music theorist.

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Jephtha (Handel)

Jephtha (HWV 70) is an oratorio (1751) by George Frideric Handel with an English language libretto by the Rev.

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Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

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Johannes Ockeghem

Johannes Ockeghem (– 6 February 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music.

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John Lunn

John Lunn (born 13 May 1956) is a Scottish composer, known for the music from the series Downton Abbey and for many other television and movie soundtracks.

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John Potter (musician)

John Potter is an English tenor and academic.

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Jonathan Dove

Jonathan Dove (born 18 July 1959) is an English composer of opera, choral works, plays, films, and orchestral and chamber music.

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Joseph and his Brethren

Joseph (HWV 59) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel completed in the summer of 1743.

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Judith Weir

Dame Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer serving as Master of the King's Music.

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Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor.

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L'Orfeo

L'Orfeo (SV 318), or La favola d'Orfeo, is a late Renaissance/early Baroque favola in musica, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio.

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L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe

L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe (English: The Hoopoe and the Triumph of Filial Love) is an opera by Hans Werner Henze with a German libretto by the composer, inspired by Arab and Persian legends.

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La catena d'Adone

La catena d'Adone (The Chain of Adonis) is the only surviving opera by the Italian composer Domenico Mazzocchi.

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La clemenza di Tito

La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro Metastasio.

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La finta giardiniera

("The Pretend Garden-Girl"), K. 196, is an Italian-language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Le Grand Macabre

Le Grand Macabre (completed 1977, revised 1996) is the third stage production by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, and his only major stage-work.

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Lear (opera)

Lear is an opera in two parts with music by the German composer Aribert Reimann, and a libretto by Claus H. Henneberg, based on Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear.

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Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein (born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian.

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Luci mie traditrici

Luci mie traditrici (My Traitorous Eyes) is an opera in two acts by Salvatore Sciarrino, who also wrote the libretto.

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Lucio Silla

Lucio Silla, K. 135, is an Italian opera seria in three acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 16.

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Luigi Rossi

Luigi Rossi (c. 1597 – 20 February 1653) was an Italian Baroque composer.

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Mario Savioni

Mario Savioni (born 1608 in Rome, died 22 April 1685) was an Italian composer and a male alto of the Baroque era.

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Marnie (opera)

Marnie is an opera by Nico Muhly to a libretto by Nicholas Wright based on the 1961 novel by Winston Graham.

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Medea (Reimann)

Medea is a German-language opera by Aribert Reimann after the play by Franz Grillparzer.

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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 are Italian opera terminology and voice types.

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Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War.

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Modal voice is the vocal register used most frequently in speech and singing in most languages.

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Music & Letters

Music & Letters is an academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press with a focus on musicology.

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Neal Zaslaw

Neal Zaslaw (born June 28, 1939) is an American musicologist.

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Nico Muhly

Nico Asher Muhly (born August 26, 1981) is an American contemporary classical music composer and arranger who has worked and recorded with both classical and pop musicians.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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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 are Italian opera terminology.

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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.

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Orlando (opera)

Orlando (HWV 31) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel written for the King's Theatre in London in 1733.

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Paradise Lost (Penderecki)

Paradise Lost is an opera in two acts with music by Krzysztof Penderecki and an English libretto by Christopher Fry.

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Pasticcio

In music, a pasticcio or pastiche is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, or inauthentic. Countertenor and pasticcio are opera terminology.

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Paul Griffiths (writer)

Paul Anthony Griffiths (born 1947) is a British music critic, novelist and librettist.

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Peter Giles (countertenor)

Peter Giles (born 1939) is a British countertenor and writer of scientific books about countertenors.

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Peter Maxwell Davies

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.

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Phaedra (opera)

Phaedra is a 'concert opera' in two acts by Hans Werner Henze.

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Philip Glass

Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist.

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Polyphony

Polyphony is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice (monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

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Rinaldo (opera)

Rinaldo (HWV 7) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1711, and was the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage.

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Rodelinda (opera)

Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi (HWV 19) is an opera seria in three acts composed for the first Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel.

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Rolf Liebermann

Rolf Liebermann (14 September 1910 – 2 January 1999), was a Swiss composer and music administrator.

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Rolf Riehm

Rolf Riehm (born 15 June 1937) is a German composer who wrote stage and orchestral works as well as music for ensembles and solo instruments.

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Russell Oberlin

Russell Keys Oberlin (October 11, 1928 – November 25, 2016)Millington, Barry.

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Salvatore Sciarrino

Salvatore Sciarrino (born 4 April 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music.

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Saul (Handel)

Saul (HWV 53) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts written by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Charles Jennens.

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Scientific pitch notation

Scientific pitch notation (SPN), also known as American standard pitch notation (ASPN) and international pitch notation (IPN), is a method of specifying musical pitch by combining a musical note name (with accidental if needed) and a number identifying the pitch's octave. Countertenor and Scientific pitch notation are pitch (music).

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Semele (Handel)

Semele (HWV 58) is a 'musical drama', originally presented "after the manner of an oratorio", in three parts by George Frideric Handel.

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Serse

Serse (English title: Xerxes; HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Sirenen

Sirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens (Sirens – Images of Desire and Destruction) is an opera in three parts and eight scenes by Rolf Riehm, based on the Greek myth of Odysseus, Circe and the Sirens as told in Homer's Odyssey.

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Sopranist

A sopranist (also known as male soprano) is a male singer who is able to sing in vocal tessitura of a soprano, usually through falsetto or head voice technique. Countertenor and sopranist are opera terminology and voice types.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. Countertenor and soprano are Italian opera terminology, musical terminology, opera terminology, pitch (music) and voice types.

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Superius

In early music polyphony, superius or cantus is the Latin language-derived name given to the highest voice or part.

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Taverner (opera)

Taverner is an opera with music and libretto by Peter Maxwell Davies.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. Countertenor and tenor are musical terminology, opera terminology, pitch (music) and voice types.

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Tessitura

In music, tessitura is the most acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a given singer (or, less frequently, musical instrument). Countertenor and tessitura are Italian opera terminology and pitch (music).

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The Adventures of Pinocchio (opera)

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 2007 opera in two acts by Jonathan Dove with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton based on the 1883 Italian novel of the same name by Carlo Collodi.

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The Enchanted Island (2011 opera)

The Enchanted Island is a pasticcio (pastiche) of music by various baroque composers that include George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Jean-Philippe Rameau.

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The Fairy-Queen

The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a "Restoration spectacular".

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The King's Singers

The King's Singers are a British a cappella vocal ensemble founded in 1968.

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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.

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The Musical Times

The Musical Times is an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom and the oldest such journal still being published in the country.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera.

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The Second Mrs Kong

The Second Mrs Kong is an opera in two acts, with music by Sir Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by Russell Hoban.

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The Sixteen

The Sixteen (previously known as the Symphony of Harmony and Invention) are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979.

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The Tallis Scholars

The Tallis Scholars is a British professional early music vocal ensemble established in 1973.

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The Tempest (opera)

The Tempest is an opera by English composer Thomas Adès with a libretto in English by Meredith Oakes based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

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Thomas Adès

Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor.

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Tobias and the Angel (opera)

Tobias and the Angel, described by its composer as a "church opera", is a community opera in one act by Jonathan Dove, with a libretto by David Lan.

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Vera of Las Vegas

Vera of Las Vegas is an opera by Daron Hagen with a libretto by Paul Muldoon based on a treatment co-written with the composer.

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Vocal range

Vocal range is the range of pitches that a human voice can phonate. Countertenor and Vocal range are opera terminology.

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Voice classification in non-classical music

There is no authoritative system of voice classification in non-classical music as classical terms are used to describe not merely various vocal ranges, but specific vocal timbres unique to each range. Countertenor and voice classification in non-classical music are voice types.

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Voice type

A voice type is a group of voices with similar vocal ranges, capable of singing in a similar tessitura, and with similar vocal transition points (passaggi). Countertenor and voice type are opera terminology and voice types.

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William Savage

William Savage (1720 – 27 July 1789) was an English composer, organist, and singer of the 18th century.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.

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Written on Skin

Written on Skin is an opera by the British composer George Benjamin, with a libretto written by Martin Crimp.

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See also

Pitch (music)

Voice types

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countertenor

Also known as Altus (voice type), Conratenor, Contra tenor, Contratenor, Counter Tenor, Counter-Tenor, Counter-Tenor Clef, Countertenors, Hautcontre, Male Alto.

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