Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Countertenors

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John Hilton the elder

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| English countertenor, organist and composer

| Kingdom of England

| 1560

| 1608

|

|

| Q6239329

John Abell

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| Scottish countertenor, composer and lutenist

| Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Great Britain

| 1653

| 1724

| Aberdeen

| Cambridge

| Q705196

William Savage

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| English composer, organist, and singer

| Kingdom of Great Britain

| 1720

| 1789-07-27

|

|

| Q8018143

Gaetano Guadagni

| File:Gaetano Guadagni.JPG

| Italian opera singer (1728-1792)

|

| 1728-02-16

| 1792-11-11

| Lodi

| Padua

| Q3094278

Will Oakland

| File:Will Oakland.jpg

| American countertenor famed for his exceptionally high vocal range (1880-1956)

| United States

| 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
British Hong Kong

| 1901-02-04

| 1965-02-07

| Jun'an

| British Hong Kong

| Q712093

Alfred Deller

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| Countertenor singer (1912–1979)

| United Kingdom

| 1912-05-31

| 1979-07-16

| Margate

| Bologna

| Q981299

Russell Oberlin

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| American countertenor (1928–2016)

| United States

| 1928-10-11

| 2016-11-25
2016-11-26

| Akron

| New York City

| Q2176946

Michael Aspinall

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| British singer and opera singer

| United Kingdom

| 1937

|

| Stockport

|

| Q16739371

James Bowman

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| British countertenor (1941–2023)

| United Kingdom

| 1941-11-06

| 2023-03-27

| Oxford

| Redhill

| Q595108

Paul Esswood

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| English countertenor and conductor

| United Kingdom

| 1942-06-06

|

| West Bridgford

|

| Q1351901

Tom Sutcliffe

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| British opera critic

| United Kingdom

| 1943-06-04

|

| Norwich

|

| Q7817732

Henri Ledroit

|

| Contre tenor (1946-1988)

| France

| 1946-03-11

| 1988-05-10

| Villacourt

| 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
German Democratic Republic

| 1954-01-30

|

| Wachow

|

| Q76393

Dominique Visse

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| French opera singer

| France

| 1955-08-30

|

| Lisieux

|

| Q356985

Nicholas Clapton

| File:Nicholas Clapton in Kotor 2001.jpg

| British singer

| United Kingdom

| 1955-09-16

|

|

|

| Q7025214

Gérard Lesne

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| French opera singer

| France

| 1956-07-15

|

| Montmorency

|

| Q176713

Derek Lee Ragin

| File:Derek Lee Ragin and Tracey Mitchell, 1991.JPG

| American counter-tenor.

| United States

| 1958-06-17

|

|

|

| Q3023749

Erik Kurmangaliev

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| Russian actor and opera singer (1959–2007)

| Russia
Kazakhstan
Soviet Union

| 1959-01-02

| 2007-11-13

| Kulsary

| Moscow

| Q4248569

David Cordier

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| British opera singer and singer

| United Kingdom

| 1959-05-01

| 2025-05-19

| Rochester

|

| Q1174070

Axel Köhler

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| German opera singer

| Germany

| 1960

|

| Schwarzenberg

|

| Q98372

Aris Christofellis

|

| Greek countertenor

| Greece

| 1960-02-05

|

| Athens

|

| Q1858047

Marco Lazzara

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| Italian opera singer

| Italy

| 1962

|

| Livorno

|

| Q3290108

Ralf Popken

|

| German opera singer

| Germany

| 1962

|

|

|

| Q16194753

Vyatcheslav "Slava" Kagan-Paley

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| Belarusian musician

| Belarus

| 1964

|

|

|

| Q7943893

Sytse Buwalda

|

| Dutch countertenor

| Kingdom of the Netherlands

| 1965

|

| Zuiderwoude

|

| Q7663921

Pascal Bertin

| File:Pascal Bertin@Ferrante FERRANTI CNSMDP2022.jpg

| French singer

| France

| 1965-09

|

|

|

| Q15057233

David Daniels

| File:David Daniels.jpg

| American opera singer

| United States

| 1966-03-12

|

| Spartanburg

|

| Q127764

Brian Asawa

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| American opera singer (1966-2016)

| United States

| 1966-10-01

| 2016-04-18

| Fullerton

| Mission Hills

| Q4963000

Andrew Watts

| File:Andrew-Watts.jpg

| English opera singer (counter-tenor)

|

| 1967-12-29

|

|

|

| Q27838024

Patrick Van Goethem

|

| Belgian countertenor

| Belgium

| 1969

|

| Aalst

|

| Q2058003

Daniel Taylor

|

| Canadian opera singer

| Canada

| 1969-11-21

|

| Ottawa

|

| Q3014731

Matthias Rexroth

| File:Matthias Rexroth.jpg

| German singer

| Germany

| 1970-01-07

|

| Nuremberg

|

| Q16213414

Bernhard Landauer

| File:Bernhard Landauer.jpg

| Austrian opera singer

| Austria

| 1970-07-20

|

| Innsbruck

|

| Q90528

Glenn Kesby

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| Australian opera singer

| Australia

| 1970-09-26

|

|

|

| Q5568923

Lawrence Zazzo

| File:Lzazzo04.jpg

| American countertenor

| United States

| 1970-12-15

|

| Philadelphia

|

| Q4715707

Angelo Manzotti

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| Italian opera singer

| Italy

| 1971

|

| Marmirolo

|

| Q4762911

Robin Blaze

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| British opera singer

| United Kingdom

| 1971

|

| Manchester

|

| Q23638834

Carlos Mena

|

| Spanish opera singer

| Spain

| 1971-04-07

|

| Vitoria-Gasteiz

|

| Q5042363

Yoshikazu Mera

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| Japanese countertenor singer

| Japan

| 1971-05-21

|

| Saito

|

| Q129468

Tobias Cole

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| Australian singer

| Australia

| 1971-08-07

|

| Leiden

|

| Q7811618

Franz Vitzthum

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| German countertenor

| Germany

| 1973

|

| Weiden in der Oberpfalz

|

| Q17151614

Matthew White

|

| countertenor

| Canada

| 1973

|

| Ottawa

|

| Q6791415

Alfie Boe

| File:Alfie Boe (The Queen's Birthday Party) (cropped).jpg

| English actor and singer

| United Kingdom

| 1973-09-29

|

| Blackpool

|

| Q2057829

José Lemos

|

| Brazilian opera singer

| Brazil

| 1974-11-22

|

| Bagé

|

| Q6292676

Yaniv D'Or

| File:Yaniv d'Or.JPG

| Israeli opera singer

| Israel

| 1975-03-11
1975

|

| Holon

|

| Q16131484

Fernando Lima

|

| Argentinian-born Spanish singer

| Argentina

| 1975-05-07

|

| Buenos Aires

|

| Q5444783

Ivo Posti

| File:Ivo Posti Narva arvamusfestivalil 2016.jpg

| Estonian opera singer and historian

| Estonia

| 1975-10-26

|

| Vana-Kuuste

|

| Q6099153

Xavier Sabata

| File:Xavier Sabata, XII Premis Gaudí (2020).jpg

| Catalan opera singer (countertenor) and actor

| Spain

| 1976

|

| Avià

|

| Q9383216

Max Emanuel Cenčić

| File:Cencic 13.jpg

| Croatian singer

| Austria

| 1976-09-21

|

| Zagreb

|

| Q1912478

Reginald Mobley

|

| American countertenor

| United States

| 1977-10-21

|

| Gainesville

|

| Q118105374

Philippe Jaroussky

| File:Philippe Jaroussky - Misteria Paschalia 2011 (1).JPG

| French countertenor

| France

| 1978-02-13

|

| Maisons-Laffitte

|

| Q441502

Christophe Dumaux

| File:Dumaux2.jpg

| 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

| United Kingdom

| 1979-09-16

|

| Cambridge

|

| 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

|

| Q12374107

David Hansen

|

| Australian singer

| Australia

| 1981

|

| Sydney

|

| Q15143710

Damien Guillon

|

| French singer

| France

| 1981

|

| Rennes

|

| Q15430815

Franco Fagioli

| File:Франко Фаджоли на фестивале Earlymusic. Санкт-Петербург, 17.09.2014. Академическая капелла..jpg

| Argentinian countertenor

| Argentina

| 1981-05-04

|

| San Miguel de Tucumán

|

| Q8761283

Tim Mead

| File:Tim Mead sitting.jpg

| English countertenor

| United Kingdom

| 1981-05-28

|

| Chelmsford

|

| Q7803965

Anthony Roth Costanzo

| File:Anthony Roth Costanzo Cincinnati Opera.jpg

| American countertenor, actor, and producer

| United States

| 1982-05-08

|

| Durham

|

| Q27995898

Christopher Lowrey

|

| American countertenor

| United States

| 1984-04-28

|

|

|

| Q52556547

Kacper Filip Szelążek

|

| Polish countertenor.

|

| 1984-04-28

|

| Ełk

|

| Q55713622

Raphaël Pichon

| File:Raphaël Pichon.jpg

| singer and founder of the Pygmalion ensemble

| France

| 1984-10-17

|

| Savigny-en-Terre-Plaine

|

| Q16672172

Terry Wey

|

| Swiss opera singer

| Switzerland

| 1985-09-15

|

| Bern

|

| Q14911970

Ilham Nazarov

| File:Ильхам Назаров.jpg

| Azeri countertenor

| Azerbaijan

| 1985-10-05

|

| Shirvan

|

| Q55200064

Valer Barna-Sabadus

| File:Валер Барна-Сабадус.png

| German singer

| Germany

| 1986-01-15

|

| Arad

|

| Q13534586

Jakub Józef Orliński

| File:Jakub Józef Orliński.jpg

| Polish countertenor

| Poland

| 1990-12-08

|

| Warsaw

|

| Q47004046

Max Riebl

|

| Australian countertenor

| Australia

| 1991-06-26

| 2022-04-30

| Melbourne

|

| Q111812114

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

|

| American countertenor

| United States

| 1995

|

| Brooklyn

|

| Q101247304

Benjamín Marcantoni

|

| Puerto Rican opera singer

| United States

|

|

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|

| Q4889487

Terry Barber

|

| American opera singer

| United States

|

|

|

|

| Q7704085

William Towers

|

| English countertenor

| United Kingdom

|

|

|

|

| Q8019478

Robin Tyson

|

| English countertenor

|

|

|

| England

|

| Q21064249

Daniel Sullivan

|

| Irish countertenor

|

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|

|

| Q60795168

Randall Scotting

|

| American Countertenor

| United States

|

|

| Marshall

|

| Q113679772

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Category:Opera singers by century

Countertenors