Voice type in baroque operas. Except for a few very rare voices (such as the American male soprano Michael Maniaci or singers with a disorder such as Kallmann syndrome), singers called countertenors generally sing in the falsetto register, sometimes using their modal voice for the lowest notes. Historically, there is much evidence that the countertenor, in England at least, also designated a very high tenor voice, the equivalent of the French "haute-contre". Until about 1830, all male voices used some falsetto-type voice production in their upper range. Countertenor voices span a broad range, covering E3 to E5. Countertenor subtypes: Countertenors are often
The Singing Voice of Japan "Singing Voice" are not expressed in Kanji () as would be standard today, but in Hiragana () that is: うたごえ ("Utagoe" written in Hiragana) instead of 歌声 (the same in Kanji). And at least since the first national Festival of the movement in 1953, its title text was written in Hiragana: "The singing voice is the vitality of peace - The Singing Voice of Japan 1953" (). Concerning the origin of such a particular script, who was one of the founding members of the Choir of the Communist Youth League of Japan, recalled the moment of publication of the first