Vocal ranges

Female ranges Soprano Mezzo-soprano Contralto Male ranges Sopranist Alto Tenor Baritenor Baritone Bass-baritone Bass

A sopranist is a male singer who sings in the soprano vocal range.

There is a large body of music for male soprano written when it was common to use a castrato - a voice type which, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists. Sopranists are very rare, since most countertenors are altos.

Present day sopranists include:

Simone Bartolini
Jorge Cano
Ouatu Florin Cezar
Aris Christofellis
Robert Crowe
Anton Diva
Philippe Jaroussky
Paul Laumont
Michael Maniaci
Angelo Manzotti
Radu Marian
Javier Medina
Tomotaka Okamoto
Dariusz Paradowski
Oleg Ryabets
Jörg Waschinski

External links

• The Male Soprano
• Jörg Waschinski's website
• The World of the Castrati and Male Soprano
• Website for Aris Christofellis
• Jorge Cano
• Radu Marian
• Paulo Abel do Nascimento