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Male ranges Human voices may be classified according to their vocal range — the highest and lowest pitches that they can produce. ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that... In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. ...

Sopranist
Alto
Tenor
Baritenor
Baritone
Bass-baritone
Bass


A sopranist is a male singer who sings in the soprano vocal range. In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as the modern countertenor). ... A baritenor is a male voice having a tessitura between the baritone and the tenor. ... In music, a baritone (from Greek βαρυτονος deeply, heavily sounding) is a male voice of intermediate pitch, between bass and tenor. ... A bass-baritone is a singing voice that shares certain qualities of both the baritone and the bass. ... A bass (or basso in Italian) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Human voices may be classified according to their vocal range — the highest and lowest pitches that they can produce. ...


There is a large body of music for male soprano written when it was common to use a castrato - a voice type which, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists. Sopranists are very rare, since most countertenors are altos. A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. ... A countertenor is an adult male who sings in an alto or soprano range, often through use of falsetto. ... In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. ...


Present day sopranists include:

Simone Bartolini was born in Pesaro ( Gioacchino Rossini city ) where he began to study singing. ... Jorge Cano Is a young baroque opera singer native of Bogotá, who initiated his studies at the National University of Colombia. ... Aris Christofellis Coloratura Sopranista Aris Christofellis is a male soprano (sopranista) who was born in Athens on 5 February 1960. ... Angelo Manzotti, native from Mantova, Italy, is the only countertenor who could impress the famous teacher Rodolfo Celletti so far. ... Radu Marian Soprano Radu Marian was born in the former Soviet Republic of Moldavia he comes from a family of Moldavian artists. ...

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Urban Dictionary: sopranist (0 words)
A sopranist is a male singer who sings in the soprano vocal range; a countertenor who sings higher than the typical alto range.
There is a large body of music for male soprano written when it was common to use a castrato - a voice type which, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists.
Sopranists are very rare, since most countertenors are altos.
Sopranist (603 words)
A sopranist (or sopranista) is a male classical singer with a voice-type and register equivalent to that of a female soprano.
A sopranist, also sometimes referred to as a sopranista, is a countertenor who is able to sing in the soprano vocal range, normally spanning from A3 to C6 in total physical range, though at times going much higher.
Some sopranists, like Philippe Jaroussky, are not able to reach a soprano C, which is C6 (Jaroussky can reach up to B5), but unlike tenors, sopranos are not required to produce any note to prove that they are indeed sopranos.
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