countertenor
Example Sentences
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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
The countertenor Randall Scotting, who plays Adonis, compared “Venere e Adone” to an Emily Dickinson poem.
From New York Times • May 25, 2023
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