On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Tako Oda wrote:
> Many people, even countertenors describe what they do as falsetto, since
> there is not much of vocabulary for discussing this fledgling fach (even
> Asawa calls it that, he's got the least falsetto-sounding timbre I've heard
> from any countertenor). On a list about the science and art of
One countertenor who has never sounded like ANY falsetto is involved in
his vocal production is Dominique Visse. Indeed, if you didn't know he was
a man, your ears would deceive you into thinking he was a woman, or
perhaps a natural "morph" (comparable to the technological "morph" they
created for FARINELLI). Any thoughts on Visse and where he fits in
"countertenordom"?
KM
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