[Magdalen] Counter-tenors

[ME Michaud]

Ob Ang, we had a counter-tenor in the choir (I don't remember his name).

He was purloined, er, recruited, by Cirque du Soleil.
He ran away with the circus
:-)
-M


On Friday, November 20, 2020, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oh, indeed, yes.  A really good counter-tenor is marvellous and there are
> some terrific ones around these days.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 5:18 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > I have long thought that traditional men and boys choirs have suffered
> > from a lack of depth in the Alto part. This evening I have been
> > listening to the transmission of a concert version of Handel's opera
> > "Ariodante". While the title role (which was originally sung by a
> > castrato) was sung by a mezzo-soprano another major male roile was sung
> > by a counter-tenor. This is in the vocal range of an Alto but has far
> > more depth of timbre than can be offered by men singing falsetto.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
> >
>