On Jul 22, 2005, at 3:12 PM, John Howell wrote:
If I'm right about his voice type, it was what the French call "haute contre," and I later had two students with this same type of voice, with the power of the male chest voice carried up higher into the mezzo range. I believe that the next Pro Musica countertenor, Earnie Murphy, had the same type of voice, as did, on the pop side, Clark Burroughs of the Hi-Los and Don Shelton of the Hi-Los and Singers Unlimited.
That's why so many countertenors prefer to be called "sopranist". The "haute contre" method of production is significantly different -- more like the traditional voix-mixte tenor style that's common for French tenors (or French style tenors, like Nicolai Gedda).
Another great haute contre is Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, whom I had the pleasure of hearing in Berkeley a few years ago.
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