I love countertenors

There is almost nothing quite so uniquely beautiful as the voices of Mr Scholl or Mr Jaroussky or Mr Pushee (to name a very small few!). Yes, I would say that the countertenor is perhaps an aquired taste, but I personally love the ethereal timbre and almost otherworldly feel of this male voice.

I also think that, particularly in the operas of such composers as Handel, it it wonderful to have a male playing roles like Rinaldo or Giulio Cesare, the gender for which they were initially written.

Long live the countertenor! If I were not a soprano, I would (somehow) want to be a countertenor