Voice type and below the countertenor voice. The "leggero" tenor has the highest tessitura of all the tenor subtypes. Tenor subtypes: Tenors are often divided into different subcategories based on range, vocal color or timbre, the weight of the voice, and dexterity of the voice. Tenors are often broken down into seven subcategories: "tenore contraltino", "leggero" tenor or "tenore di grazia", lyric tenor, spinto tenor or "tenore spinto", dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and baritenor. Famous tenors include Enrico Caruso, Juan Diego Flórez, Alfredo Kraus, and Luciano Pavarotti. Baritone range: The baritone voice is the middle-range voice type for males; it lies between the
Bass (voice type) a high F, the one above middle C), but few roles go over F. In the operatic bass repertoire, the highest notes are a G (The Barber in "The Nose" by Shostakovich) and, in the aria "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" in Handel's serenata "Aci, Galatea e Polifemo", Polifemo reaches an A. Within the bass voice type category are seven generally recognized subcategories: "basso cantante" (singing bass), "hoher" bass (high bass), "jugendlicher" bass (juvenile bass), "basso buffo" ("funny" bass), "Schwerer Spielbass" (dramatic bass), lyric bass, and dramatic "basso profondo" (low bass). "Basso cantante" means "singing bass". "Basso cantante" is a higher,