There is not much call for countertenors at the Met.

The Met, after all, has not been a haven for countertenors.

There is music, and singing, much of it by countertenor.

He makes the countertenor voice seem the most natural sound imaginable.

For the next generation, being a countertenor is not this exotic thing.

In the human world, he'd be known as a Countertenor."

He is a countertenor singer and his very high voice shocked the then people.

First, the age of the countertenor came upon us.

And over the last 15 years or so, countertenors have invaded the mainstream.

I have heard countertenors sing the role, and it doesn't work.

Also, it is not entirely clear what the word "countertenor" means in this context.

Bernstein suggested, in German, that maybe he could become a countertenor.

It is now performed by either a countertenor or soprano.

His voice could actually be described as a countertenor.

After completing his education, he began a professional singing career as a countertenor.

Still, neither man views the countertenor voice as a breed apart.

This voice type is a specific kind of countertenor.

He made his debut as a countertenor in 2001.

These men are known as countertenors within classical music.

"There has been a kind of countertenor singing, over the last five years or so, that I found a worthy model," he said.

"I sang with a lot of horrendous countertenors," he said recently.

This has posed a real problem for the countertenor.

The members, bass to countertenor, are the second generation.

One of my great goals is to cement the countertenor as just a voice."

The other problem countertenors face, of course, is repertory.