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- noun Plural form of
countertenor .
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Examples
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Nowadays castrato roles are divided between mezzo sopranos and countertenors.
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"The Enchanted Island," which got its world premiere Saturday night, is an entirely fabricated concoction based on the music of early 18th century composers written for a host of now mostly obscure, unknown operas, with a plot roughly based on two plays of Shakespeare and featuring two countertenors.
Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012
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Surrounding Costanza dramatically were two countertenors.
Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera Rodney Punt 2011
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Among countertenors only the American David Daniels and the Frenchman Philippe Jaroussky elicit the same attention.
When Sheer Power Is Not Enough David Mermelstein 2011
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"The Enchanted Island," which got its world premiere Saturday night, is an entirely fabricated concoction based on the music of early 18th century composers written for a host of now mostly obscure, unknown operas, with a plot roughly based on two plays of Shakespeare and featuring two countertenors.
Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012
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Surrounding Costanza dramatically were two countertenors.
Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera Rodney Punt 2011
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"The Enchanted Island," which got its world premiere Saturday night, is an entirely fabricated concoction based on the music of early 18th century composers written for a host of now mostly obscure, unknown operas, with a plot roughly based on two plays of Shakespeare and featuring two countertenors.
Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012
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The opening event at the revamped Usher Hall was a concert performance of American composer John Adams's millennium commission "El Nino" by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Conlon, with the huge Edinburgh Festival chorus, augmented by members of a girls choir, three soloists and an ethereal trio of countertenors.
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"Partenope" demands two excellent countertenors, and here again, City Opera did well with both the experienced Iestyn Davies, who brought a penetrating sound and vocal bloom to the role of Arsace, and the up-and-coming Anthony Roth Costanzo as Armindo, the suitor who ends up with Partenope.
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* Giulio Cesare is an awesome opera for altos: 1 lyric soprano, 1 mezzo soprano, 1 contralto, 3 countertenors (all of which can be sung by mezzos with powerful lower ranges), and 2 basses.
Recent vocal epiphanies Celeste Winant 2007
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