Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Countertenors
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! name ! image ! description ! country of citizenship ! date of birth ! date of death ! place of birth ! place of death ! item |
| John Hilton the elder
| | English countertenor, organist and composer | 1560 | 1608 | | | Q6239329 |
| John Abell
| | Scottish countertenor, composer and lutenist | Kingdom of Scotland | 1653 | 1724 | Aberdeen | Q705196 |
| William Savage
| | English composer, organist, and singer | 1720 | 1789-07-27 | | | Q8018143 |
| Gaetano Guadagni
| Italian opera singer (1728-1792) | | 1728-02-16 | 1792-11-11 | Lodi | Padua | Q3094278 |
| Will Oakland
| American countertenor famed for his exceptionally high vocal range (1880-1956) | 1880-01-15 | 1956-05-15 | | | Q8002992 |
| Lee Hoi-chuen
| File:Bruce Lee with his father 1940s.jpg | father of Bruce Lee (1901–1965) | Qing dynasty | 1901-02-04 | 1965-02-07 | Jun'an | Q712093 |
| Alfred Deller
| | Countertenor singer (1912–1979) | 1912-05-31 | 1979-07-16 | Margate | Bologna | Q981299 |
| Russell Oberlin
| | American countertenor (1928–2016) | 1928-10-11 | 2016-11-25 | Akron | Q2176946 |
| Michael Aspinall
| | British singer and opera singer | 1937 | | |
| James Bowman
| | British countertenor (1941–2023) | 1941-11-06 | 2023-03-27 | Oxford | Redhill | Q595108 |
| Paul Esswood
| | English countertenor and conductor | 1942-06-06 | | | Q1351901 |
| Tom Sutcliffe
| | British opera critic | 1943-06-04 | | Norwich | | Q7817732 |
| Henri Ledroit
| | Contre tenor (1946-1988) | France | 1946-03-11 | 1988-05-10 | Nancy | Q685540 |
| René Jacobs
| File:Rene Jacobs 2011 (cropped).jpg | Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor | Belgium | 1946-10-30 | | Ghent | | Q433939 |
| Jochen Kowalski
| File:Kowalski Portrait ©-Felix-Feistel.jpg | German opera singer | Germany | 1954-01-30 | | Wachow | | Q76393 |
| Dominique Visse
| | French opera singer | France | 1955-08-30 | | Lisieux | | Q356985 |
| Nicholas Clapton
| File:Nicholas Clapton in Kotor 2001.jpg | British singer | 1955-09-16 | | | | Q7025214 |
| Gérard Lesne
| | French opera singer | France | 1956-07-15 | | | Q176713 |
| Derek Lee Ragin
| File:Derek Lee Ragin and Tracey Mitchell, 1991.JPG | American counter-tenor. | 1958-06-17 | | | | Q3023749 |
| Erik Kurmangaliev
| | Russian actor and opera singer (1959–2007) | Russia | 1959-01-02 | 2007-11-13 | Kulsary | Moscow | Q4248569 |
| David Cordier
| | British opera singer and singer | 1959-05-01 | 2025-05-19 | | Q1174070 |
| Axel Köhler
| | German opera singer | Germany | 1960 | | | Q98372 |
| Aris Christofellis
| | Greek countertenor | Greece | 1960-02-05 | | Athens | | Q1858047 |
| Marco Lazzara
| | Italian opera singer | Italy | 1962 | | Livorno | | Q3290108 |
| Ralf Popken
| | German opera singer | Germany | 1962 | | | |
| Vyatcheslav "Slava" Kagan-Paley
| | Belarusian musician | Belarus | 1964 | | | | Q7943893 |
| Sytse Buwalda
| | Dutch countertenor | 1965 | | | Q7663921 |
| Pascal Bertin
| File:Pascal Bertin@Ferrante FERRANTI CNSMDP2022.jpg | French singer | France | 1965-09 | | | |
| David Daniels
| American opera singer | 1966-03-12 | | | Q127764 |
| Brian Asawa
| | American opera singer (1966-2016) | 1966-10-01 | 2016-04-18 | Q4963000 |
| Andrew Watts
| English opera singer (counter-tenor) | | 1967-12-29 | | | |
| Patrick Van Goethem
| | Belgian countertenor | Belgium | 1969 | | Aalst | | Q2058003 |
| Daniel Taylor
| | Canadian opera singer | Canada | 1969-11-21 | | Ottawa | | Q3014731 |
| Matthias Rexroth
| German singer | Germany | 1970-01-07 | | |
| Bernhard Landauer
| Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1970-07-20 | | | Q90528 |
| Glenn Kesby
| | Australian opera singer | 1970-09-26 | | | | Q5568923 |
| Lawrence Zazzo
| American countertenor | 1970-12-15 | | | Q4715707 |
| Angelo Manzotti
| | Italian opera singer | Italy | 1971 | | | Q4762911 |
| Robin Blaze
| | British opera singer | 1971 | | |
| Carlos Mena
| | Spanish opera singer | Spain | 1971-04-07 | | | Q5042363 |
| Yoshikazu Mera
| | Japanese countertenor singer | Japan | 1971-05-21 | | Saito | | Q129468 |
| Tobias Cole
| | Australian singer | 1971-08-07 | | Leiden | | Q7811618 |
| Franz Vitzthum
| | German countertenor | Germany | 1973 | | |
| Matthew White
| | countertenor | Canada | 1973 | | Ottawa | | Q6791415 |
| Alfie Boe
| File:Alfie Boe (The Queen's Birthday Party) (cropped).jpg | English actor and singer | 1973-09-29 | | | Q2057829 |
| José Lemos
| | Brazilian opera singer | Brazil | 1974-11-22 | | Bagé | | Q6292676 |
| Yaniv D'Or
| Israeli opera singer | Israel | 1975-03-11 | | Holon | |
| Fernando Lima
| | Argentinian-born Spanish singer | 1975-05-07 | | | Q5444783 |
| Ivo Posti
| File:Ivo Posti Narva arvamusfestivalil 2016.jpg | Estonian opera singer and historian | Estonia | 1975-10-26 | | | Q6099153 |
| Xavier Sabata
| File:Xavier Sabata, XII Premis Gaudí (2020).jpg | Catalan opera singer (countertenor) and actor | Spain | 1976 | | Avià | | Q9383216 |
| Max Emanuel Cenčić
| Croatian singer | Austria | 1976-09-21 | | Zagreb | | Q1912478 |
| Reginald Mobley
| | American countertenor | 1977-10-21 | | |
| Philippe Jaroussky
| File:Philippe Jaroussky - Misteria Paschalia 2011 (1).JPG | French countertenor | France | 1978-02-13 | | | Q441502 |
| Christophe Dumaux
| French opera singer | France | 1979 | | No/unknown value | | Q1086322 |
| Sergejs Jēgers
| File:Sergejs Jēgers in the White Hall of Rundāle Palace.jpg | Latvian opera singer and singer | Latvia | 1979-01-28 | | Jelgava | | Q2272972 |
| Iestyn Davies
| | British opera singer | 1979-09-16 | | | Q4172008 |
| Cezar
| File:Cezar, ESC2013 press conference 05.jpg | Romanian opera countertenor, singer and pianist | Romania | 1980-02-18 | | Ploiești | | Q6659747 |
| Risto Joost
| File:Risto Joost 2016 (cropped).jpg | Estonian conductor and opera singer | Estonia | 1980-06-22 | | Tallinn | |
| David Hansen
| | Australian singer | 1981 | | Sydney | |
| Damien Guillon
| | French singer | France | 1981 | | Rennes | |
| Franco Fagioli
| File:Франко Фаджоли на фестивале Earlymusic. Санкт-Петербург, 17.09.2014. Академическая капелла..jpg | Argentinian countertenor | 1981-05-04 | | | Q8761283 |
| Tim Mead
| English countertenor | 1981-05-28 | | | Q7803965 |
| Anthony Roth Costanzo
| File:Anthony Roth Costanzo Cincinnati Opera.jpg | American countertenor, actor, and producer | 1982-05-08 | | Durham | |
| Christopher Lowrey
| | American countertenor | 1984-04-28 | | | |
| Kacper Filip Szelążek
| | Polish countertenor. | | 1984-04-28 | | Ełk | |
| Raphaël Pichon
| singer and founder of the Pygmalion ensemble | France | 1984-10-17 | | |
| Terry Wey
| | Swiss opera singer | 1985-09-15 | | Bern | |
| Ilham Nazarov
| Azeri countertenor | 1985-10-05 | | Shirvan | |
| Valer Barna-Sabadus
| File:Валер Барна-Сабадус.png | German singer | Germany | 1986-01-15 | | Arad | |
| Jakub Józef Orliński
| File:Jakub Józef Orliński.jpg | Polish countertenor | Poland | 1990-12-08 | | Warsaw | |
| Max Riebl
| | Australian countertenor | 1991-06-26 | 2022-04-30 | |
| Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
| | American countertenor | 1995 | | Brooklyn | |
| Benjamín Marcantoni
| | Puerto Rican opera singer | | | | | Q4889487 |
| Terry Barber
| | American opera singer | | | | | Q7704085 |
| William Towers
| | English countertenor | | | | | Q8019478 |
| Robin Tyson
| | English countertenor | | | | England | |
| Daniel Sullivan
| | Irish countertenor | | | | | |
| Randall Scotting
| | American Countertenor | | | Marshall | |
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