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• The Oberon was the great local countertenor Brian Asawa, Tytania was the British soprano Sylvia McNair, and the dozen fairies were San Francisco Boys Chorus members. Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
• But a countertenor voice is built through a different muscular procedure and the result is like the difference between a flute and an oboe. Times, Sunday Times
• Countertenor Lawrence Zazzo headed the fine cast, with Sophie Bevan, Christine Rice and Ailish Tynan, whose loveliness was cruelly hidden, somewhat unnecessarily and in the one false move, by a buffa fat-suit, goatee beard, specs and fez hat. Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto
• David Daniels, the well-regarded countertenor, receives enthusiastic ovations wherever he performs. Sexy Beast
• Stout and scruffy, the 36-year-old Daniels looks more suited to a football field than La Fenice, but as a countertenor, the highest male voice in opera, he sings in a falsetto.
• A clear-voiced countertenor sings the nostalgic melody, offset by the bullfroggy bom, bom, bom bell sounds of the bassi profundi. Living With Music: A Playlist by Liesl Schillinger - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
• The mezzo-soprano, Hilary Summers, has a dark, smoky voice - at times she almost sounds like a countertenor - and she sings René Char's surreal text with both passion and clenched-jaw control.
• For this recording, taped in 1978, Raymond Leppard gave the castrato role to mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker, and the alto role to countertenor James Bowman.
• It was published in Select Songs as a countertenor solo, and it is invariably performed as one.
• He's also a countertenor, a violinist and a conductor. Times, Sunday Times