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 | Kingdom of England | 1560 | 1608 | Q6239329 | |||
| John Abell | Scottish countertenor, composer and lutenist | Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Great Britain |
1653 | 1724 | Aberdeen | Cambridge | Q705196 | |
| William Savage | English composer, organist, and singer | Kingdom of Great Britain | 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) | United States | 1880-01-15 | 1956-05-15 | Q8002992 | ||
| Lee Hoi-chuen |  |
father of Bruce Lee (1901–1965) | Qing dynasty British Hong Kong |
1901-02-04 | 1965-02-07 | Jun'an Town | British Hong Kong | Q712093 |
| Alfred Deller | Countertenor singer (1912–1979) | United Kingdom | 1912-05-31 | 1979-07-16 | Margate | Bologna | Q981299 | |
| Russell Oberlin | American countertenor (1928–2016) | United States | 1928-10-11 | 2016-11-25 2016-11-26 |
Akron | New York City | Q2176946 | |
| Mark Deller | British musician | United Kingdom | 1938 | Q6767334 | ||||
| James Bowman | British countertenor (1941–2023) | United Kingdom | 1941-11-06 | 2023-03-27 | Oxford | Redhill | Q595108 | |
| Paul Esswood | _-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._18294.jpg) |
English countertenor and conductor | United Kingdom | 1942-06-06 | West Bridgford | Q1351901 | ||
| Tom Sutcliffe | British opera critic | United Kingdom | 1943-06-04 | Norwich | Q7817732 | |||
| Klaus Nomi |  |
German countertenor (1944–1983) | Germany | 1944-01-24 | 1983-08-06 | Immenstadt im Allgäu | New York City | Q57774 |
| René Jacobs | .jpg) |
Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor (born 1946) | Belgium | 1946-10-30 | Ghent | Q433939 | ||
| Henri Ledroit | Contre tenor (1946-1988) | France | 1946-03-11 | 1988-05-10 | Villacourt | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | Q685540 | |
| Christopher Robson | British singer | United Kingdom | 1953-12-09 | Falkirk | Q1086926 | |||
| Jochen Kowalski |  |
German opera singer | Germany German Democratic Republic |
1954-01-30 | Wachow | Q76393 | ||
| Dominique Visse | French opera singer | France | 1955-08-30 | Lisieux | Q356985 | |||
| Michael Chance |  |
British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1955-03-07 | Penn | Q527822 | ||
| Nicholas Clapton |  |
British singer | United Kingdom | 1955-09-16 | Q7025214 | |||
| Gérard Lesne | French opera singer | France | 1956-07-15 | Montmorency | Q176713 | |||
| Derek Lee Ragin |  |
American counter-tenor | United States | 1958-06-17 | West Point | Q3023749 | ||
| David Cordier | English operatic countertenor (1959–2025) | United Kingdom | 1959-05-01 | 2025-05-19 | Rochester | Cologne | Q1174070 | |
| Erik Kurmangaliev | Russian actor and opera singer (1959–2007) | Russia Kazakhstan Soviet Union |
1959-01-02 | 2007-11-13 | Kulsary | Moscow | Q4248569 | |
| Axel Köhler | German opera singer | Germany | 1960 | Schwarzenberg | Q98372 | |||
| Aris Christofellis | Greek countertenor | Greece | 1960-02-05 | Athens | Q1858047 | |||
| Charles Daniels | British singer | United Kingdom | 1960 | Salisbury | Q5076709 | |||
| Marco Lazzara | Italian opera singer | Italy | 1962 | Livorno | Q3290108 | |||
| Ralf Popken | German opera singer | Germany | 1962 | Wilhelmshaven | Q16194753 | |||
| Kai Wessel | Countertenor | Germany | 1964 | Hamburg | Q1721369 | |||
| Vyatcheslav "Slava" Kagan-Paley | Belarusian musician | Belarus | 1964 | Q7943893 | ||||
| Sytse Buwalda | Dutch countertenor | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1965 | Zuiderwoude | Q7663921 | |||
| Pascal Bertin |  |
French singer | France | 1965-09-26 | Q15057233 | |||
| David Daniels |  |
American opera singer | United States | 1966-03-12 | Spartanburg | Q127764 | ||
| Brian Asawa | American opera singer (1966-2016) | United States | 1966-10-01 | 2016-04-18 | Fullerton | Mission Hills | Q4963000 | |
| Andrew Watts |  |
English opera singer (counter-tenor) | 1967-12-29 | Middlesex | Q27838024 | |||
| Bejun Mehta |  |
American opera singer (born 1968) | United States | 1968-06-29 | Laurinburg | Q814981 | ||
| Patrick Van Goethem | Belgian countertenor | Belgium | 1969 | Aalst | Q2058003 | |||
| Daniel Taylor | Canadian opera singer | Canada | 1969-11-21 | Ottawa | Q3014731 | |||
| Bernhard Landauer |  |
Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1970-07-20 | Innsbruck | Q90528 | ||
| Lawrence Zazzo |  |
American countertenor | United States | 1970-12-15 | Philadelphia | Q4715707 | ||
| Glenn Kesby | Australian opera singer | Australia | 1970-09-26 | Q5568923 | ||||
| Matthias Rexroth |  |
German singer | Germany | 1970-01-07 | Nuremberg | Q16213414 | ||
| Yoshikazu Mera | Japanese countertenor singer | Japan | 1971-05-21 | Saito | Q129468 | |||
| Angelo Manzotti | Italian opera singer | Italy | 1971 | Marmirolo | Q4762911 | |||
| Carlos Mena | Spanish opera singer | Spain | 1971-04-07 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Q5042363 | |||
| Tobias Cole | Australian singer | Australia | 1971-08-07 | Leiden | Q7811618 | |||
| Robin Blaze | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1971 | Manchester | Q23638834 | |||
| Alfie Boe | _(cropped).jpg) |
English actor and singer | United Kingdom | 1973-09-29 | Blackpool | Q2057829 | ||
| Matthew White | countertenor | Canada | 1973 | Ottawa | Q6791415 | |||
| Franz Vitzthum | German countertenor | Germany | 1973 | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Q17151614 | |||
| José Lemos | Brazilian opera singer | Brazil | 1974-11-22 | Bagé | Q6292676 | |||
| Fernando Lima | Argentinian-born Spanish singer | Argentina | 1975-05-07 | Buenos Aires | Q5444783 | |||
| Ivo Posti |  |
Estonian opera singer and historian (born 1975) | Estonia | 1975-10-26 | Vana-Kuuste | Q6099153 | ||
| Yaniv D'Or |  |
Israeli opera singer | Israel | 1975-03-11 | Holon | Q16131484 | ||
| Max Emanuel Cenčić |  |
Croatian singer | Austria | 1976-09-21 | Zagreb | Q1912478 | ||
| Xavier Sabata | .jpg) |
Catalan opera singer (countertenor) and actor | Spain | 1976 | Avià | Q9383216 | ||
| Reginald Mobley | American countertenor | United States | 1977-10-21 | Gainesville | Q118105374 | |||
| Philippe Jaroussky | .JPG) |
French countertenor (born 1978) | France | 1978-02-13 | Maisons-Laffitte | Q441502 | ||
| Christophe Dumaux |  |
French opera singer | France | 1979 | No/unknown value | Q1086322 | ||
| Sergejs Jēgers |  |
Latvian opera singer and singer | Latvia | 1979-01-28 | Jelgava | Q2272972 | ||
| Iestyn Davies | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1979-09-16 | Cambridge | Q4172008 | |||
| Valdemar Villadsen | Danish opera singer | Kingdom of Denmark | 1979-10-17 | Q89121577 | ||||
| Cezar |  |
Romanian opera countertenor, singer and pianist | Romania | 1980-02-18 | Ploiești | Q6659747 | ||
| Risto Joost | .jpg) |
Estonian conductor and opera singer (born 1980) | Estonia | 1980-06-22 | Tallinn | Q12374107 | ||
| Tim Mead |  |
English countertenor | United Kingdom | 1981-05-28 | Chelmsford | Q7803965 | ||
| Franco Fagioli |  |
Argentinian countertenor | Argentina | 1981-05-04 | San Miguel de Tucumán | Q8761283 | ||
| David Hansen | Australian singer | Australia | 1981 | Sydney | Q15143710 | |||
| Damien Guillon | French singer | France | 1981 | Rennes | Q15430815 | |||
| Anthony Roth Costanzo |  |
American countertenor, actor, and producer | United States | 1982-05-08 | Durham | Q27995898 | ||
| Nicholas Tamagna | United States Italy |
1982-07-30 | Cortlandt Manor | Q140427880 | ||||
| Raphaël Pichon |  |
singer and founder of the Pygmalion ensemble | France | 1984-10-17 | Savigny-en-Terre-Plaine | Q16672172 | ||
| Christopher Lowrey | American countertenor | United States | 1984-04-28 | Q52556547 | ||||
| Kacper Filip Szelążek | Polish countertenor | 1984-04-28 | Ełk | Q55713622 | ||||
| Terry Wey | Swiss opera singer | Switzerland | 1985-09-15 | Bern | Q14911970 | |||
| Ilham Nazarov |  |
Azeri countertenor | Azerbaijan | 1985-10-05 | Shirvan | Q55200064 | ||
| Valer Barna-Sabadus |  |
German singer | Germany | 1986-01-15 | Arad | Q13534586 | ||
| Jakub Józef Orliński |  |
Polish countertenor | Poland | 1990-12-08 | Warsaw | Q47004046 | ||
| Max Riebl | Australian countertenor | Australia | 1991-06-26 | 2022-04-30 | Melbourne | Q111812114 | ||
| Maayan Licht | _1.jpg) |
Israeli opera singer | Israel | 1993-05-20 | Israel | Q135006479 | ||
| Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen | American countertenor | United States | 1995 | Brooklyn | Q101247304 | |||
| Benjamín Marcantoni | Puerto Rican opera singer | United States | 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 | Q60795168 | ||||||
| Randall Scotting | American Countertenor | United States | Marshall | Q113679772 |
∑ 87 items.
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