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countertenor

[kaun-ter-ten-er] / ˈkaʊn tərˌtɛn ər /
NOUN
tenor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
Antonyms
WEAK


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Last year, director Barrie Kosky created a sensation with his staging at Komische Oper Berlin, which starred American countertenor John Holiday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Two sopranos and a countertenor depict a paradisiacal dream world of “fairies in the forest,” accompanied by an improvising violin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Instead, he’s publicly approved the more poisonous voices expressing their displeasure with López’s season, some of whom have a real incel countertenor in their tone.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2024

Schultz was an aspiring opera singer and a graduate student at Houston’s Rice University when they met David Daniels, a famous countertenor, and Scott Walters, a conductor, through the city’s music circles.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

In the end, she is persuaded by a fellow artist, a young actor named Leonardo, sung with creamy richness by the countertenor Jake Ingbar.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023




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