I sang in a choir with an Italian Bass. Ok, he was Swiss-Italian, but every time he opened his mouth, half the soprano section swooned. (Rather prone to swooning, those sopranos).

I'm glad you appreciate lady tenors, Krummhorn. I had one choir director tell me that I was just a lazy alto, and if I worked on it I could "fix" my range. I'm quite proud of my low C, and I don't think it needs a bit of fixing. Besides, it was great fun smashing the A above middle C while the other tenors (male) turned purple.