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Typically, the term "soprano" refers to female singers but at times the term "male soprano" has been used by men who sing in the soprano vocal range using falsetto vocal production instead of the modal voice. This practice is most commonly found in the context of choral music in England. However, these men are more commonly referred to as ...
Michael Maniaci (born May 3, 1976) is an American opera singer. Possessing a male soprano voice, Maniaci is noted for his claim to be able to sing into the upper soprano range without resorting to falsetto, an otherwise common phonation for men who sing in high registers, such as countertenors.
Narcis Iustin Ianău (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈnart͡ʃis jusˈtin jaˈnəw]; born February 24, 1995, in Bacău, Romania) is a Romanian classical singer. In Romania he became famous by taking part in the first season of Românii au talent and becoming the runner-up.
Some sopranos can sing one or more octaves above high C in high head voice or using the whistle register. [3] The term soprano was developed in relation to classical and operatic voices, where the classification is based not merely on the singer's vocal range but also on the tessitura and timbre of the voice. For classical and operatic singers ...
A decisive role in Mariño's career was played by American soprano Barbara Bonney who became a crucial teacher and mentor guiding Mariño to embrace and develop his natural soprano voice. [1] In 2017, he received the Interpretation Award at the Opéra de Marseille International Singing Competition and won the Neue Stimmen Audience Prize.
Countertenors are also widely employed within opera as solo vocalists, though the term "male alto" is never used to refer to a solo vocalist. Children's voices, both male and female, are described as trebles , although boy soprano is widely used as well.
A male soprano (British [1] [2] and especially North American English) [3] or boy treble (only British English) [4] is a young male singer with a voice in the soprano range, a range that is often still called the treble voice range (in North America too) no matter how old.
This is a list of the singers, conductors, and dancers who have appeared in at least 100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, last updated March 17, 2024.Performers are listed by the number of the performances they have appeared in as found at the Metropolitan Opera Archives. [1]